The catastrophic Chicxulub impact that wiped out the dinosaurs created a 15-year winter

The catastrophic Chicxulub impact that wiped out the dinosaurs created a 15-year winter - Mihai Andrei

• Fine silicate dust contributed to a prolonged "impact winter".
  

"A cataclysmic event at the Cretaceous-Palaeogene (K-Pg) boundary, approximately 66 million years ago, marked a pivotal moment in Earth’s history. 

Triggered by the impact of a massive asteroid, this event marked the end of the “age of the dinosaurs.”
Global climate experienced a rapid and dramatic shift that ultimately resulted in the mass extinction of around 75% of Earth’s species, including the non-avian dinosaurs​​....