DOSECC Chicxulub Crater Project Recognized Worldwide

With the successful conclusion of the high-profile Chicxulub Crater project last month, the DOSECC team was pleased to see attention from around the world as interest grew in the large crater created by a massive asteroid that struck the earth 55 million years ago and led to the extinction of 70% of the planet. 

The Chicxulub core drilling project pulled a quality core sample from 1300 meters beneath the ocean floor.  The sample is expected to shed light on the cause and effect of the crater left by the asteroid that led to a global mass extinction—what geophysicist and expedition leader Joanna Morgan called "The most important event in the last 100 million years." The drilling was recognized and photographed by journalists and scientists from around the world, the Governor of Yucatan, and even an astronaut orbiting the earth. 

You can read more about the international press coverage of the project at http://dosecc.com/