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Asteroid impact, not volcanic eruptions, killed the dinosaurs

17 January 2020

Volcanic activity did not play a direct role in the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs and about 75 per cent of Earth’s species 66 million years ago, explains Professor Paul Bown (UCL Earth Sciences).

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