History: And on the heels of last night's possible meteor strike over Quebec/Ontario...

A geochemist believes a climate-cooling meteorite might have hit Quebec 13,000 years ago!

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Somewhere under the forests, soil and bedrock of southern Quebec lie the ancient, undiscovered traces of an enormous meteor strike so catastrophic that it helped change the Earth’s climate and alter human history.

At least, that’s what Dartmouth University geochemist Mukul Sharma argues in a newly published paper, which could lead to an explanation of one of the most baffling episodes in our planet’s history.

“The whole idea is controversial,” he said. “There’s a correlation between a climate event and a meteor, but what is the cause? How did it all play out?”

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Last Edited by Ozone Baby on 11/27/2013 01:24 PM