13,000 Years Ago, a Firestorm Covered 10% of Earth's Surface, Triggering an Ice Age [Science Alert, February 2022]

Title:

13,000 Years Ago, a Firestorm Covered 10% of Earth's Surface, Triggering an Ice Age

 

Author:

David Nield

 

Published:

Science Alert, 7 February 2022

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-firestorm-bigger-than-the-one-that-killed-the-dinosaurs-triggered-an-ice-age-13-000-years-ago

 

From the article:

At a point some 12,800 years ago, a tenth of Earth's surface suddenly became covered in roaring fires.  

 

The firestorm rivalled the one that wiped out the dinosaurs, and it was likely caused by fragments of a comet that would have measured around 100 kilometers (62 miles) across.