Dinosaurs may have been killed off by 'apocalyptic dust plume': study
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A study argues that a dust cloud with dust grains the size of microscopic bacteria blanketed the earth the after the asteroid impact thought to have killed off dinosaurs.
According to the study, scientists researching the sediment layers of the Tanis paleontology site, a heavily studied region of North Dakota that has preserved evidence of the asteroid impact thought to have killed off dinosaurs, discovered new insight into the catastrophic impact.
In a Washington Post report that described the aftermath of the impact as an "apocalyptic dust plume," planetary scientist Cem Berk Senel explained that the impact of the asteroid led to a chain of events that ultimately caused the demise of dinosaurs.
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