The massive space rock that slammed into our planet some 65 million years ago sparked a planet-wide extinction event that ultimately pushed dinosaurs to extinction and gave mammals a chance to gain a foothold. Different parts of the planet were affected in different ways, and new research shows that Earth’s oceans and coastal regions dealt with their own hardship in the wake of the strike.
It goes without saying that anything in the immediate vicinity of the asteroid impact was utterly destroyed, but a new study suggests the location of the strike on the coast of present day central america caused a massive tsunami straight out of our worst nightmares.
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