The asteroid that almost wiped out life on Earth - Sean P. S. Gulick

Dig into what happened after the Chicxulub asteroid hit the Earth, and how it caused a mass extinction— including dinosaurs. -- Sixty-six million years ago, near what’s now the Yucatán Peninsula, a juvenile sauropod feasted on horsetail plants on a riverbank. Earth was a tropical planet. Behemoth and tiny dinosaurs alike soared its skies and roamed its lands while reptiles and tentacled ammonites swept its seas. But, in an instant, everything would change. Sean P. S. Gulick details one of Earth's most devastating periods. Lesson by Sean P. S. Gulick, directed by Jeff Le Bars, JetPropulsion.space This video made possible in collaboration with Speed & Scale Learn more about how TED-Ed partnerships work: https://bit.ly/TEDEdPartners Support Our Non-Profit Mission ---------------------------------------------- Support us on Patreon: http://bit.ly/TEDEdPatreon Check out our merch: http://bit.ly/TEDEDShop ---------------------------------------------- Connect With Us ---------------------------------------------- Sign up for our newsletter: http://bit.ly/TEDEdNewsletter Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/TEDEdFacebook Find us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/TEDEdTwitter Peep us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/TEDEdInstagram ---------------------------------------------- Keep Learning ---------------------------------------------- View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-really-killed-the-dinosaurs-it-wasn-t-just-the-asteroid-sean-p-s-gulick Dig deeper with additional resources: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-really-killed-the-dinosaurs-it-wasn-t-just-the-asteroid-sean-p-s-gulick/digdeeper Educator's website: https://www.jsg.utexas.edu Animator's website: https://jetpropulsion.space Music: http://www.wonderboyaudio.com Sound design: https://yessian.com ---------------------------------------------- Thank you so much to our patrons for your support! Without you this video would not be possible! Lex Azevedo, Michael Aquilina, Jason A Saslow, Yansong Li, Cristóbal Moenne, Dawn Jordan, Prasanth Mathialagan, Samuel Doerle, David Rosario, Dominik Kugelmann - they-them, Siamak Hajizadeh, Ryohky Araya, Mayank Kaul, Christophe Dessalles, Heather Slater, Sandra Tersluisen, Zhexi Shan, Bárbara Nazaré, Andrea Feliz, Victor E Karhel, Sydney Evans, Latora, Noel Situ, emily lam, Sid, Niccolò Frassetto, Mana, I'm here because of Knowledge Fight Facebook group., Linda Freedman, Edgardo Cuellar, Jaspar Carmichael-Jack, Michael Burton, VIVIANA A GARCIA BESNE, The Vernon's, Olha Bahatiuk, Jesús Bíquez Talayero, Chels Raknrl, Sai Pranavi Jonnalagadda, Stuart Rice, Jing Chen, Vector-Dopamine math, Jasper Song, Giorgio Bugnatelli, Chardon, Eddy Trochez, OnlineBookClub.org, Eric Shear, Leith Salem, Omar Hicham and Adrian Rotaru. ---------------------------------------------- Images and references used in the creation of this animation: Stock Images from https://pixabay.com: Sunflower - RayMark Grass - Hundankbar garbage - ds_30 Iceberg - Makabera Polar bear - iribagrova8176 Sketchfab, https://sketchfab.com: Triceratops - Zacxophone Carnotaurus - Magorius Tyrannosaurus Rex - Rigsters Temple - Maks Sokolowski Human skeleton - Ruslan Gadzhiev Mouse - Just8 Saberwing - MooreLab Frog - https://ffish.asia / https://florazia.com Rhododendron - https://ffish.asia / https://florazia.com Tsukushi Rose - https://ffish.asia / https://florazia.com Orchid - sarahGB Wood stick - 3dhdscan Wood louse - .hapto GmbH Bush - Marbles Lichen - Frank McMains Aloa Vera - nedo Lab - viklia Lab gear - dercruz926 VHS - Terrible Hard Old computers - sudreyskr Lab machine - guillemvilah Floppy disk - ocean Machine - Klinepeter Mission control console - TheoClarke Old computer - Freepoly.org Old nuclear computer - P3TroV Osborne - Denis Afanasjev vintage terminal - NoMoreFeelings All Sketchfab models are licensed under Creative Commons attribution: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Paintings in the public domain: Starry Night - Vincent Van Gogh The Great Wave - Katsushika Hokusaï Eiffel Tower - Georges Seurat Black Mesa - Georgia O'Keeffe Guernica - Pablo Picasso Skrik & Solen - Edvard Munch The Great Day of His Wrath - John Martin The Slave Ship - William Turner