Sunday, November 22, 2009

Mass Extinctions

By: HOWARD DESHONG

http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14698363

(image credit: NASA)

5 comments:

Brandon F said...

The writer is right, it is peculiar how the meteors hit right by the volcanos by coincidence while they were active. The article was very well written w=and was very informative.

Joosh said...

This was really cool. I had no Idea the meteor landed in mexico.I thouht the article was very well written the author explained everything

Dharan said...

I thought that this was a really cool article. I thought that it was amazing how big the meteor was and why it did hit earth. The author did a great job and it was very informative.

Etta said...

I agree with all three of you. I also never knew that it meteor landed in Mexico! I thought that the author did a very good job on writing this article. Overall, this article was very cool!!!

Arjun said...

Nice article, it is quite strange about the coincidences. Maybe the active volcanos shot the lava witch warmed up the atmosphere. Thus bringing cumulous clouds in the sky. When the lightning comes out from the clouds, that might affect the gravitational pull a bit and overtime alter the meteors course towards the source of lightning. I know this sounds weird and all, but in a some time, (like 60-100 years) there might be an even bigger meteor than Shiva. Who knows? If Saturn or Jupiter ever get destroyed, then we are all subject to huge damage. Saturn and Jupiter's gravitational pull attracts the comets and meteors toward themselves, thus protecting us from many meteor showers.