Canada Comet Lengthened the Ice Age

Iddo Genuth writes "Recent geological evidence gathered in Ohio and Indiana has been verified by a University of Cincinnati assistant professor as support of a comet theory, claiming a comet explosion over earth was the cause of drastic changes to life on our planet. This evidence strengthens initial data collected over a year ago. The explosion, which occurred over what is now Canada, caused the extinction of animals and cultures and lengthened the Ice Age nearly 13,000 years ago that should have been coming to an end."

Playing the odds

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Finally one of these articles that mentions both panspermia and periodicity of extinction events in TFA.

Before the bookmakers get started let's get this out there: although the odds of an extinction level event occurring today or tomorrow or this year is exceedingly remote astronomers agree that in the fullness of time it's not just likely, it's certain.

Re:Blame the Canadians, of course!

[Anonymous Coward]

the mass extinction of many species caused by that massive comet impact allowed the rise of human life in the first place, we were the quickest to adapt to other climates by wearing the skins of other animals. something that we probably turned to even in africa, if the ice age was long enough and cold enough.

Interesting ad placement

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Is anyone else getting a banner ad on the side that is advertising the "Scientology Video Channel"? Rather amusing pairing, I suppose. Real science sharing my browser with a religion based on the writings of a third-rate science fiction author.

Re:wake up call

[Ambitwistor]

perhaps the people that think human byproducts have the biggest impact on the climate will wake up after more reports like this. That Earth isn't a closed system, that there are huge fucking things flying around this tiny blue marble that effect our climate much more than humans making some unpleasant gases.

You are very confused.

The existence of large extra-terrestrial influences on climate doesn't somehow negate the possibility of large human influences on climate.

Yes, if a giant comet or asteroid hit the planet tomorrow, that would seriously screw up the climate, moreso than human actions. That doesn't mean that humans aren't currently having a big impact on changes in climate, or that people who are concerned about this need to "wake up" from anything.