The evolution of modern rainforests began with the dinosaur-killing asteroid – Big Think

• One especially mysterious thing about the asteroid impact, which killed the dinosaurs, is how it transformed Earth’s tropical rainforests.
• A recent study analyzed ancient fossils collected in modern-day Colombia to determine how tropical rainforests changed after the bolide impact.
• The results highlight how nature is able to recover from cataclysmic events, though it may take millions of years.

About 66 million years ago, a massive asteroid slammed into present-day Chicxulub, Mexico, triggering the…

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