When the dinosaurs died, so did forests—and tree-dwelling birds
May 24, 2018
Field Museum
When the dinosaurs died, so did forests -- and tree-dwelling birds
The asteroid impact that eliminated non-avian dinosaurs destroyed global forests. Here, a hyopothetical surviving bird lineage -- small-bodied and specialized for a ground-dwelling lifestyle--flees a burning forest in the aftermath of the asteroid strike.
Sixty-six million years ago, the world burned. An asteroid crashed to Earth with a force one million times larger than the largest atomic bomb, causing the extinction of the dinosaurs. But dinosaurs weren't the only ones that got hit hard—in a new study, scientists learned that the planet's forests were decimated, leading to the extinction of tree-dwelling birds.
https://m.phys.org/news/2018-05-dinosaurs-died-forestsand-tree-dwelling-birds.html
