Tuesday, August 5, 2025

The last spring

 


This is a scientific paper, so I frankly only skimmed it, but it´s still fascinating. I didn´t even know you *could* make research like this! As in: did the meteorite impact that killed off the non-avian dinosaurs happen in spring, summer or what? The answer, apparently based on a thorough analysis of fish fossils showing their life cycle, is...spring. Or "boreal spring", as the paper puts it. As in March to May. 

What a pity we can´t narrow it down even further, I mean, I would love to know the weekday! Don´t tell me, Monday?   

The Mesozoic terminated in boreal spring

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