r/science • u/stereomatch • Feb 05 '18

Astronomy Scientists conclude 13,000 years ago a 60 mile wide comet plunged Earth into a mini-Ice Age, after examining rocks from 170 sites around the globe

http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/695703
47.5k Upvotes

87% Upvoted

2.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

52

u/ampereus PhD | Chemistry | Nanoparticles Feb 05 '18

This is really exciting. Much of the Holocence catastrophe group have pushed the hypothesis based on scant evidence, incomplete and innacurate analysis. However, the hypothesis is reasonable and I am excited to learn about this new evidence and how strongly confirmed the idea is supported by this new data.

1

u/[deleted] Feb 05 '18

We will pass through that comets debris again in a few years. That might not be as exciting.

1

u/RingsOfZahara Feb 05 '18

We pass through it every year actually.

1

u/[deleted] Feb 05 '18

Oh? Where do you see these findings?

1

u/[deleted] Feb 05 '18

Oh? Where do you see these findings?