IRIDIUM
Release Date: Monday, July 15th, 2024
Pages: 437 pages
ISBN 13: 9798332958182
In 'IRIDIUM' by Steve Harding, scientists uncover a cryogenically preserved creature at the K/T boundary, leading them to question the true origins of the mass extinction event that obliterated 80% of species 66 million years ago, suggesting a deliberate and sinister cause behind this catastrophic period in Earth's history.
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IRIDIUM
The most dramatic extinction event the planet has ever witnessed occurred at the end of the Cretaceous Period approximately sixty-six million years ago at the so-called K/T boundary. As much as 80% of all living species were obliterated at this time by what scientists believe to have been an extraterrestrial event. Geological research suggests that an asteroid collided with the earth, producing dust and gases that compromised the earth’s atmosphere and destroyed ecosystems. Enrichment in the element iridium occurred in sediments deposited during this catastrophic time, observed today in the rock record around the world.
But what if this mass extinction event and the dispersion of iridium was of a different origin? What if it was the result of something more sinister, something deliberate, something of an earthly origin? While scientists Ryan Johnson and Jada Potter are studying the iridium layer at the K/T boundary, the shocking discovery of a cryogenically preserved creature opens the door to a radically different interpretation that unleashes not only a new explanation for the extinction event but also an entirely different interpretation of evolution and of the history of life on this planet.
The most dramatic extinction event the planet has ever witnessed occurred at the end of the Cretaceous Period approximately sixty-six million years ago at the so-called K/T boundary. As much as 80% of all living species were obliterated at this time by what scientists believe to have been an extraterrestrial event. Geological research suggests that an asteroid collided with the earth, producing dust and gases that compromised the earth’s atmosphere and destroyed ecosystems. Enrichment in the element iridium occurred in sediments deposited during this catastrophic time, observed today in the rock record around the world.
But what if this mass extinction event and the dispersion of iridium was of a different origin? What if it was the result of something more sinister, something deliberate, something of an earthly origin? While scientists Ryan Johnson and Jada Potter are studying the iridium layer at the K/T boundary, the shocking discovery of a cryogenically preserved creature opens the door to a radically different interpretation that unleashes not only a new explanation for the extinction event but also an entirely different interpretation of evolution and of the history of life on this planet.