Growing body of evidence suggests extinction came from more than meteor
New research suggests that volcanoes that erupted between 63 million to 67 million years ago may have contributed to a mass dinosaur extinction.
By Charles Q. Choi
Instead of being driven to extinction by death from above, dinosaurs might have ultimately been doomed by death from below in the form of monumental volcanic eruptions. For the rest of this MSNBC article, go here.
NVDL: Why is there a differentiation between above and below? Surely the impact from space caused extensive localised ruptures in the Earth's strata leading to much higher volcanic activity, including emissions. Thus volcanic activity and impacts from outer space are One event, a process of chain reactions.
Whatever our concerns regarding climate change, it is these massively destructive events that one could say are 'natural' that pose the greatest threat to species survival. However, if we can learn to control these runaway processes (in terms of climate change caused by us) perhaps the experience will help us to manage other planet-wide disasters in the future. As I say: Perhaps. It's a big IF.
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