Modern rainforests were born when the dinosaurs died, a new paper explains
To be honest, I d rather be around papayas than velociraptors.
The same asteroid impact that wiped off the dinosaurs likely allowed the rainforests of today to evolve, a new paper explains.
Image credits Thanapat Pirmphol.
The end of the Cretaceous Period is marked by a hugely violent event: the extinction of the dinosaurs at the hands of Chicxulub. That story has been threaded and re-threaded, but now, researchers are exploring a new possible consequence of the impact. According to a new paper, this event allowed the lush forests that currently cover Earth’s tropical regions to form.