Life revives strangely in the dinosaur crater

66 million years ago, a large meteorite plunged into Earth and wiped out 75% of life on the planet, ending the period of dinosaur dominance . But the development was still very interesting.

And although that giant meteorite has caused a major extinction, the seabed life where it collided has recovered in less than 10 years.

It has even formed a strongly developed ecosystem in the next 30,000 years. This recovery speed is faster than any other crater on our planet.

Life quickly recovers from where the meteorite destroyed most of life on Earth 66 million years ago - (Photo: PHYS.ORG).

That was the latest finding by a team of University of Texas researchers in the journal Nature. Scientists were very surprised because the longer people thought that near the crater, the slower life recovered due to pollution.

That theory seems to be outdated. New evidence suggests that the rate of life recovery on Earth depends primarily on indigenous factors - a finding that could mean much to many environmental systems that are severely affected by climate change. nowadays.

"We found traces of life in a meteorite dating back only a few years after the collision. This is a very fast speed. It shows the unpredictability of general recovery" - geo physicist Chris Lowery of the University of Texas commented.

The tiny fossil specimens of some shrimp, larvae . are the most solid evidence that organisms proliferate in meteorite craters, and are common indicators for the living environment at that time.

30,000 years after the collision that destroyed the dinosaurs, an ecosystem has flourished in the meteorite area. The plentiful presence of plankton supports a diverse community of organisms in the surface and sea floor.

In contrast, in other parts of the world, including the North Atlantic and parts of the Gulf of Mexico, nature takes 300,000 years to recover. Influential factors may include water flow, interactions between organisms, the potential of ecological niches .

What can be drawn from the above findings? That recovery after a global disaster can be local.