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Even a 400m land hit sounds pretty survivable for whole humanity, significant climate impact is expected beyond the 1km range?
by throwbadubadu 3y ago
Even a 400m land hit sounds pretty survivable for whole humanity, significant climate impact is expected beyond the 1km range?
- jacquesm 3y agoYes, it would be survivable for humanity. But depending on where it would happen, how dense the impactor is and at what speed it is traveling the effects would nevertheless be quite serious. Imagine NYC or SF taken out like this (of course the chances of that happening are really small given their area relative to the total of the planetary surface): https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2017GL073191 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/201...