Were dinosaurs done in by gas?

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 18:49 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The impact of an asteroid hitting the Yucatan Peninsula 65 million years ago produced a huge amount of carbon monoxide,  which may have been enough to cause a large spike in global temperatures, and trigger a mass extinction.

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