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About 250 million years ago, the Moon's orbit came dangerously close to Earth—with catastrophic consequences for all life on our planet. This close approach rocked the Earth to its very core, pulling on the continents and oceans, setting off modern plate tectonics, sparking massive volcanic eruptions, and even causing changes to the atmosphere, similar to the greenhouse effect of climate change that we see today.Tidal heating between these two planetary bodies before and after the close encounter left its mark upon the Moon as well: the lunarmaria. These vast, dark plains on the face of the Moon, which we can easily see from here on Earth, were formed when huge quantities of basaltic lava poured forth onto the lunar surface.When the Moon retreated again, it left a ruined planet in its wake. But it also left something else: the beginning of a new era that would eventually see the rise of the mighty dinosaur. The close approach and later retreat of the Moon not only created the world in which dinosaurs could thrive, but ultimately our own world of seasons, mountains, glaciers, and ocean currents. The eventual dinosaur extinction was not solely the result of a meteorite but was direct

Who reads Heat of the Moon: How a Close Encounter with Earth Changed Everything?

Author

Thomas J. Powell, Caryn M. Davis

Publisher

Magnolia Tree Publishing

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9798986068817

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Nature, Astronomy