Friends Peter and Sue invited me to a lecture at UEA about the effects on global climate of two 'asteroidal' impacts around 35,000,000 years ago. The presenter was the delightful Prof. Bridget Wade from UCL, who succeeded in delivering a fairly obscure piece of research in a lively and interesting way. Amusingly, her conclusion was that there was no evidence of any sustained climate change following the Popigai and Chesapeake impacts! (Naturally, I couldn't resist making a contribution from a meteoritist's perspective!)
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