McGill researchers challenge the current understanding of dinosaur extinction by unearthing a link between volcanic eruptions and climate change.
What wiped out the dinosaurs? A meteorite plummeting to Earth is only part of the story, a new study suggests. Climate change triggered by massive volcanic eruptions may have ultimately set the stage for the dinosaur extinction, challenging the traditional narrative that a meteorite alone delivered the final blow to the ancient giants.
That’s according to a study published recently in DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg8284