Atomo NewsGet the app

Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

An Asteroid Impact May Have Led to Flooding near the Grand Canyon | New research suggests impact that created the Barringer Meteorite Crater roughly 56,000 years ago might also have unleashed landslides in a part of the Grand Canyon, damming Colorado River & temporarily creating an 80km-long lake


None

Get the Android app

Or read this on r/Space

Read more on:

Photo of Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon

Photo of Impact

Impact

Photo of Flooding

Flooding

Related news:

News photo

Impact of Donor Diabetes on 1-Year Outcomes After Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty: A Randomized Clinical Trial

News photo

Aging in plain sight: What new research says the eyes reveal about aging and cardiovascular risk - EurekAlert!

News photo

How do we sleep while our beds are burning? New research led by Flinders University sleep experts reveals that rising temperatures are silently chipping away at our sleep and with it, our health.

« JAXA’s HTV-X1 [cargo spacecraft] launched to ISS aboard H3 Rocket
Baboons: Long-Term Research Reveals Who They Really Are - Dr. Shirley Strum's new book shows how we must be open to unexpected results. »