Evidence Biodiversity is a Result of Asteroid-Induced Climate Change

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Kataclismic's picture
Evidence Biodiversity is a Result of Asteroid-Induced Climate Change

I wish I had access to the published study but the interesting bit is the idea that asteroid collisions could have created the different biomes on our blue marble, in-turn sparking a dramatic increase in speciation. What do you think?

Article from The Guardian

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algebe's picture
Also rising oxygen levels,
David Killens's picture
That is a viable hypothesis.
LogicFTW's picture
There are several books on
boomer47's picture
Well pickle me grandmother!

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