Meteorite impact caused the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth's surface

[rangerrebew]

Meteorite impact caused the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth's surface
September 18, 2017 by Bob Yirka report
 

An international team of researchers has found evidence of an ancient meteorite colliding with ground rock on Earth, producing the highest temperature ever recorded on the planet's surface. In their paper published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters, the team describes their findings after studying an impact crater in Canada and how they were able to calculate the temperature for an impact that occurred so many years ago.


Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-09-meteorite-impact-highest-temperature-earth.html#jCp

[Smokin Joe]

At 38MMya? That's Mid-Eocene. I think the climate models may require a re-think. An impact generating that sort of heat would have to produce aerosols/ejecta which would affect climate for a considerable period.