The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

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Book Review| September 01 2022 The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World. By Riley Black. 2022. St. Martin’s Press. (ISBN 9781250271044). 287 pp. $28.99. Ebook and audiobook also available. Kirstin Milks, Kirstin Milks Department Editor Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Frank Brown Cloud, Frank Brown Cloud Department Editor Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Robert A. Cooper Robert A. Cooper retired biology teacher bcooper721@gmail.com Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The American Biology Teacher (2022) 84 (7): 451. https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2022.84.7.451 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Robert A. Cooper; The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World. The American Biology Teacher 1 September 2022; 84 (7): 451. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2022.84.7.451 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe American Biology Teacher Search Can you imagine what it would have been like to be on Earth 66 million years ago during the aftermath of the asteroid impact that caused the extinction of an estimated 75% of all species, including the non-avian dinosaurs? An asteroid, 7.5 miles in diameter, traveling at over 44,000 miles per hour, struck the Earth along the northern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. The impact caused earthquakes, tsunamis, a global infrared heat pulse hotter than an oven on broil, and global firestorms that pumped soot into the atmosphere blocking out a significant amount of sunlight for an extended period. In The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, science writer Riley Black employs her extensive knowledge of paleontology and vivid imagination to take the reader on a tour of the Cretaceous ecosystem around Hell Creek in Montana at a time just before the impact, then describes the likely aftereffects. In each... You do not currently have access to this content.