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  1. Recurring volcanic winters during the latest #Cretaceous - sulfur and fluorine budgets of #DeccanTraps lavas: science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv -> More than a #meteorite - the new clues about the demise of #dinosaurs: mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/ne - McGill researchers challenge current understanding of dinosaur #extinction by unearthing link between volcanic eruptions and climate change.

  2. Recurring volcanic winters during the latest #Cretaceous - sulfur and fluorine budgets of #DeccanTraps lavas: science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv -> More than a #meteorite - the new clues about the demise of #dinosaurs: mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/ne - McGill researchers challenge current understanding of dinosaur #extinction by unearthing link between volcanic eruptions and climate change.

  3. #TodayILearned #TIL that India's Deccan Traps, one of the largest volcanic eruption sites/features on the earth, was formed by a hotspot that is still active and has trekked its way down to the western Indian Ocean, where it's created Reunion Island's Piton de la Fournaise volcano.

    (Via GeologyHub. Pretty informative, occasionally a little sensationalist, but I'm learning so much from him.) youtube.com/geologyhub

    #volcano #volcanoes #geology #DeccanTraps #PitonDeLaFournaise

  4. Did huge eruptions actually help during the end-Cretaceous extinction? - Enlarge / Artist's depiction of Ankylosaurus magniventris having a bad day. (credit: Fabio Manucci)... more: arstechnica.com/?p=1688478 #k-tmassextinction #deccantraps #cretaceous #chicxulub #science