Chicxulub asteroid impact created 2-year cloud of dust that may have killed the dinosaurs

[Admin]

NASA and SpaceX have delayed the next Dragon cargo spacecraft launch to the International Space Station by two days, to Nov. 7 for extra preparations.

Chicxulub asteroid impact created 2-year cloud of dust that may have killed the dinosaurs : Read more

 

[sjurovich]

In the article, the statement "...global temperatures dropped by more than 10 degrees Celsius (50 degrees Fahrenheit)", the Celsius to Fahrenheit equivalence is incorrect. A drop of 10 degrees Celsius is actually a drop of 18 degrees Fahrenheit.

 

[billslugg]

Yes, a rather glaring discrepancy. The writer has a BS in CompSci, which should have included plenty of physics. Either she didn't proof it or the error came in after she submitted it.