• @SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world
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    21 day 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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      11 day 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.