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    [OC] I built an impact simulator for my university thesis. Here is the estimated casualty blueprint worldwide and per country if the dinosaur-killing Chicxulub asteroid (17.5 km) hit Europe today.
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    [OC] I built an impact simulator for my university thesis. Here is the estimated casualty blueprint worldwide and per country if the dinosaur-killing Chicxulub asteroid (17.5 km) hit Europe today.

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    1. Masylv on

      I’m guessing this is only taking into account the impact itself, and not the aftereffects like reduced crop viability from the sun being blocked?

    2. tdgros on

      so the red is “what gets destroyed right away or so”?

      I would love to see the other tabs: crater, overpressure, etc…

    3. Endbr1nger on

      Where’s the link? Looks like a fun thing to play with when I am bored at work 😄

    6. KerPop42 on

      Yeah Chicxulub was a near-total eradication of life on Earth. Almost 80% of species were totally wiped out, but the survivors weren’t doing well either. Over 99.9% of all organisms were killed. It took tens of millions of years for the biosphere to recover; multiple times the age of our entire species

    7. kielu on

      What does it take into account and what not? Land/water? Elevation? Geological composition? Angle? Velocity? Etc

    8. arawnsd on

      Very cool. Reminds me of the nuclear bomb impact simulators that used to be online. Probably still are! A very macabre and interesting thing to play with. Thanks for sharing!

    9. Exatex on

      does it take climate change into account? Because that’s what gets you, surviving the impact itself is kind of the easy part

    12. AsleepNinja on

      So I’m assuming this doesn’t take into account topology, mountains, or the geology of what the asteroid hit?

    13. wingchild on

      Improper spacing between Extinction and (Chicxulub, -2pts

      Lovely site though