A new study provides compelling evidence that the Chicxulub meteorite impact, rather than massive volcanic activity, was the ...

While volcanism caused a temporary cold period, the effects had already worn off thousands of years before the meteorite, the ultimate cause of the dinosaur extinction event, impacted.

What killed off the dinosaurs – was it the Chicxulub meteorite or did the effects of massive volcanism also play a role?

However, the cooling period was brief. By approximately 20,000 years before the meteorite impact, temperatures had stabilized ...

Massive volcanic eruptions on the Indian peninsula have long been proposed as an alternative cause for the demise of the ...

For years, Earth scientists have debated whether the intense volcanic activity in India, which occurred both before and after ...

Learn how asteroid strikes may have only altered Earth's climate for about 25 years.

The scientists therefore conclude that the meteorite impact was the ultimate cause of the dinosaur extinction event. What killed off the dinosaurs—was it the Chicxulub meteorite or did the effects of ...

The origin of mammals is shrouded in mystery, but every fossil clue helps rewrite the story. A new discovery on a ...

Even before the devastating asteroid named "Chicxulub" after its impact site off the coast of Mexico, dinosaurs and co. lived ...