Mass Extinction Theories

 

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  • scattering dust-causing fires
  • tsunamis
  • severe storms with high winds
  • highly acidic rain
  • seismic activity
  • volcanic activity
  • block most of the sunlight  for months, and lowered the temperature

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  • furry mammals could adapt
  • cold blooded animals such as dinosaurs could not adjust to colder climate
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methane from deep-sea algae deposits and/or from plant-eating dinosaurs digestion by-products changing the Earth's atmosphere

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could have bathed the Earth in deadly radiation