A new study has thrown doubt on the theory that the dinosaurs were wiped out solely by a mountain-sized asteroid. Instead pointing the finger at volcanoes – a type of ‘flood basalt’ eruptions. Four out of five mass extinctions happened at the same time as a type volcanic outpouring called a flood basalt. The presence of an asteroid just made things worse, the researchers said. The last one of comparable events happened 16 million years ago in the Pacific Northwest Northwest.Read Long Article
