Scientists have found evidence that the Chicxulub impact sparked widespread wildfires within minutes.
Professor Ben Kneller, a geoscientist at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland who co-authored the study, said in a:"Until now it has not been clear whether the fires were caused as a direct result of the impact or subsequently, as vegetation killed by the post-impact darkness caused by the debris thrown up into the atmosphere was set ablaze by things such as lightning strikes."
By analyzing rocks dating to the time of the strike, geoscientists from the United Kingdom think they have found new evidence that wildfires started within just minutes of theCoastal fires may not have lasted long before they were washed away by the aforementioned tsunami. Looking at the fossilized remains of these trees, the U.K. researchers found that the trees were already burning by the time the tsunamis hit.
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