The Anthropocene Project
Nov 29, 2018
2 minutes
Don Norris
Photo © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Sundaram
Tagore Galleries, Hong Kong and Singapore / Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto.
When a 10-15km diameter asteroid ploughed into what is now called the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, the resulting impact left a 180km wide impact crater – and an unmistakable message in the geological record. Marine sediments and terrestrial rocks found all over the world show this distinctive signature of
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