Purdue News Article
Dark days doomed dinosaurs, say Purdue scientists
June 23, 2004
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Though the catastrophe that destroyed the dinosaurs' world may have begun with blazing fire, it probably ended with icy darkness, according to a Purdue University research group.
By analyzing fossil records, a team of scientists including Purdue's Matthew Huber has found evidence that the Earth underwent a sudden cooling 65 million years ago that may have taken millennia to abate completely. (Full Article)