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Asteroids And Tsunami: Good News And Bad
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- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 15:07:20 GMT
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Asteroids and tsunami: GOOD NEWS AND BAD
By Michael Paine for explorezone.com
Big asteroids can be extra deadly when they strike the ocean, carving
aquatic craters and sending huge waves in all directions. These tsunami
can wreak destruction on shores thousands of miles away. Bad news for
people living in coastal areas, but it could be a lucky break for the
rest of mankind: The same impact on land would throw dust high into the
atmosphere and could block sunlight for many months, possibly causing
global starvation and mass extinctions.
Full story here:
http://explorezone.com/columns/space/1999/september_tsunami.htm
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