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Scientists are exploring the idea that a meteor shockwave, rather than a physical impact, could have caused the rapid climate change that led to the extinction of woolly mammoths. Through evidence like elevated levels of combustion aerosols in Greenland's ice cores and the presence of platinum and microspherules in various dig sites, researchers believe a significant meteor explosion near Earth may have triggered a global climate event, supporting the controversial Younger Dryas impact hypothesis. While lacking a physical crater, the team argues that the distribution of shock-fractured quartz at multiple locations indicates a major impact event. Despite being a debated theory, the researchers are convinced that the evidence aligns with a catastrophic event that contributed to the extinction of megafauna like woolly mammoths.
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