• @Geodad@lemmy.world
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    218 hours ago

    No, it was an asteroid impact and the eruption of the Deccan Traps.

    Quite literally the opposite of an ice age.

    • @SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world
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      218 hours ago

      The asteroid impact and volcanic eruption caused a metric fuckton of particulate matter to be ejected into the atmosphere, effectively blocking out the sun, causing an ice age.

      • @Geodad@lemmy.world
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        118 hours ago

        The Deccan Traps pumped out enough lava to cover the US a foot deep. Daily.

        The dinosaurs were on the way out when the asteroid hit.

        Technically, one clade of theropods lives on to this day though.