The asteroid that struck the Chesapeake Bay, while smaller than the one that killed the dinosaurs, didn’t cause significant climate changes, allowing Earth to 'carry on as usual.'
Our study focused on assessing long-term climate changes, and while large-scale impacts didn't trigger measurable changes, shorter-term effects might be lost in our data collection.
Impact events like these would have catastrophic consequences for human life, producing shockwaves, tsunamis, wildfires, and significant dust in the air, blocking sunlight.
The presence of tiny silica droplets indicates the extreme heat from these asteroid impacts, which vaporized rocks and provided key evidence for the research.
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