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Chicxulub impact unleashed colossal global tsunami.Sixty-six million years ago, the reign of the dinosaurs, a dynasty that had dominated Earth for over 160 million years, came to a cataclysmic end. The culprit? A cosmic bullet, a colossal asteroid roughly the size of a small city, hurtling through space at unimaginable speed. Its target: the shallow seas of what is now the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. The impact was not just a collision; it was a planetary-scale detonation, an event that reshaped the very face of our world and triggered a cascade of devastating consequences, including a tsunami of truly monstrous proportions. While the image of firestorms and a choking, dust-laden atmosphere often dominates our understanding of the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) extinction event, the sheer power unleashed into the oceans is equally staggering. The impact carved out the Chicxulub crater, a scar over 180 kilometers wide, and in its immediate aftermath, it birthed a wave unlike anything seen before or since – a tsunami estimated to have reached an initial height of a staggering 1.5 kilometers, nearly a mile high. To put that into perspective, the largest recorded tsunami in modern history, triggered by the 1958 Lituya Bay landslide in Alaska, reached a terrifying but comparatively modest 524 meters. The Chicxulub tsunami dwarfed even that colossal wave. The asteroid left a crater over 150 kilometres wide, centred just off the coast of the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico. Credit: Wikipedia Imagine: a wall of water taller than the world’s tallest skyscrapers, surging outwards from the impact zone with unimaginable force. This wasn’t your typical earthquake-generated tsunami, a series of long-period waves rippling across the ocean. This was a direct, violent displacement of an immense volume of water, a shockwave translated into a liquid behemoth. Interestingly, the initial towering wave was just the beginning of the aquatic chaos. As the colossal column of water crashed back down into the newly formed crater, it didn’t simply settle. Instead, it rebounded, like a giant splash in a cosmic bathtub. This created a series of secondary waves, each still possessing immense energy, radiating outwards across the globe. Computer simulations, have been crucial in helping scientists unravel this complex sequence of events, painting a vivid picture of the watery apocalypse. The scale of this ancient tsunami was so vast that its fingerprints can still be detected today, thousands of kilometers from the impact site. Geologists have unearthed telltale layers of sediment in locations as far afield as Europe and even New Zealand, layers that bear the unmistakable signature of a cataclysmic wave. These sedimentary records often contain shocked quartz, microtektites (small glassy spheres formed from molten rock ejected during the impact), and even traces of iridium, an element rare on Earth but abundant in asteroids – all evidence pointing back to the Chicxulub impact. Consider the speed and power of these waves. Near the epicenter, in the Gulf of Mexico, the initial surges likely traveled at speeds exceeding 100 meters per second (over 220 miles per hour), with wave heights surpassing 100 meters. These weren’t gentle swells; they were monstrous walls of water capable of scouring coastlines, ripping apart landscapes, and carrying massive boulders inland. One fascinating aspect of the research involves analyzing the directionality of these ancient wave deposits. By studying the orientation of the sediments and the size of the transported debris, scientists can reconstruct the path and intensity of the tsunami as it propagated across different ocean basins. This is like forensic science on a planetary scale, piecing together the events of a long-lost day. The global reach of the Chicxulub tsunami underscores the interconnectedness of our planet. An event localized to a relatively small area could unleash forces that reverberated across the entire globe, impacting not only the land and atmosphere but also the deepest parts of the oceans. The Chicxulub impact wasn’t just about a rock falling from the sky; it was a planetary reset button, and the mile-high tsunami was one of its most devastating pushes. The post Mile-High Tsunami Wave Followed Dinosaur Extinction Asteroid appeared first on Anomalien.com.

President Joe Biden did not believe males who think they are females should be allowed in women's sports, a new report has alleged regarding the 46th president's administration.While the entirety of the Biden administration wholly agreed that males should be able to enter female spaces based on their gender identity in some capacity, the idea of letting males play in women's sports was not something every member of the Biden administration was fond of.'The president was particularly focused on the competition issue.'The New York Times published a lengthy piece centered around Blaire Fleming, a male volleyball player who turned the world of NCAA women's volleyball on its head with his refusal to step out of his role on a women's team. While the article spoke of Fleming favorably, it revealed through interviews with former Biden staffers that it caused a split in the administration between two factions: one that wanted men in women's sports and another that was only comfortable with men in women's bathrooms. President Biden was apparently a part of the latter."The president was particularly focused on the competition issue," an anonymous former Biden administration official told the New York Times.Biden and his compatriots reportedly saw sports as having a zero-sum nature, which made them different from bathrooms, and recognized males have physical advantages over women. While the idea was still only that just some males have an advantage, it was enough to vastly differ from the other camp in the administration. Blaire Fleming, a male who played on San Jose State University's women's volleyball team. Photo by Andrew Wevers/Getty Images.The compromise between the two sides was allegedly to have the Department of Education propose a new rule that schools would have the ability to "limit or deny" the participation of transgender athletes if it could be proven that they had an unfair advantage or risked player safety. The schools would not be allowed to have outright bans on males in female sports, however.At the same time, though, Biden's Title IX rewrite would have made it virtually impossible to prevent a male athlete from entering women's sports if it were his right to be included in women's "services" because of his "gender identity."The Supreme Court rejected the rewrite with a vote of 5-4, however; Justice Neil Gorsuch was the lone conservative who voted in favor of the changes.Within the Biden administration, Susan Rice, director of the White House's Domestic Policy Council, and Catherine Lhamon, the Education Department's assistant secretary for civil rights, were both in favor of the changes and allegedly saw no legal difference between allowing men in women's bathrooms and men playing on women's sports teams.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Karmelo Anthony — the Texas teen charged with murdering high school athlete Austin Metcalf earlier this month — has been moved to an undisclosed location due to an "alarming increase in death threats," KDFW-TV reported.The Next Generation Action Network, a group advocating for Anthony, told the station the location switch occurred after court approval.'It is both heartbreaking and infuriating to see the depths of hate and bigotry still alive and well in our society.'Anthony has been on house arrest since his April 14 release from jail when a judge lowered his bond from $1 million to $250,000. Police arrested Anthony and charged him with first-degree murder after Metcalf was fatally stabbed at an April 2 track meet at Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco.NGAN told the station in a news release that in addition to death threats, there has been "continued harassment and physical intimidation targeted at the family's home."More from KDFW:Some of the harassment includes people visiting the Anthony family home, loitering and taking photos of the property, false food deliveries, disturbing mailings, including Austin Metcalf's obituary, and people repeatedly circling the family home, taking photos and attempting to provoke fear and intimidation, the news release states.Dominique Alexander, NGAN's president, said a "dangerous atmosphere ... has been created — an atmosphere fueled by organized hate, systemic racism, and intentional misinformation," the station said, citing the news release."It is both heartbreaking and infuriating to see the depths of hate and bigotry still alive and well in our society," Alexander added, according to KDFW. "No family should have to live under siege simply because they are demanding their constitutional rights. We will not be silent, and we will not back down. We are committed to doing whatever is necessary to protect this family and to ensure that justice is pursued without intimidation or fear."Alexander made headlines last week when he called Jeff Metcalf — the father of the murder victim — "disrespectful" for showing up at a Thursday news conference for the Anthony family. After Dallas police were called to the news conference, Jeff Metcalf was seen departing the venue. Alexander told those gathered at the news conference that Metcalf "was not invited," that "he knows that it's inappropriate to be near [the Anthony] family," and that his presence at the news conference "shows you all" his "character."Metcalf told the New York Post on Saturday that Alexander and Anthony's parents at the news conference "should have pulled me up [to the front] and said, ‘We are so sorry. Our condolences.’ The only thing I would have said was, ‘Okay, can we pray together and show the world we’re united[?]'"What's more, just minutes after Metcalf was kicked out of the news conference, Frisco police said they responded to a report of a gunshot at his home — but soon determined the call was an attempt at "swatting," which is a false call intended to cause harm through a police response.'Protect White Americans' rallyNGAN said another reason Anthony was moved to an undisclosed location was because of a "Protect White Americans" rally held Saturday in Frisco, KDFW reported.The rally took place in the parking lot of Kuykendall Stadium, where Metcalf was fatally stabbed, the station said. Jake Lang of Florida, charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, organized the rally, KDFW said.The rally didn't make much of a splash and was sparsely attended, the station said. Police appeared to arrest two counterprotesters — one for allegedly pepper-spraying a rally attendee and the other for interfering in the counterprotester's arrest.Lang said on X that he "broke into Kuykendall Stadium and got the first ever footage of Austin Metcalf's blood stained on the stadium floor," KDFW reported. Officials with the Frisco Independent School District said they filed trespassing charges against Lang for breaking into district property, the station reported, adding that Lang's video was from "the home side of the stadium. The incident occurred on the visitor side, which can be seen across the field when he turns the camera off himself."In addition, video from the rally reportedly shows Lang speaking to Jeff Metcalf by phone and Metcalf telling Lang that he's "part of the f**king problem" and that Lang is "trying to create more race divide than bridging the gap." Lang is seen replying that Metcalf is exhibiting "white guilt."On the other side of things, Karmelo Anthony's defenders have been going viral on social media, with one of them actually declaring that Metcalf "got exactly what he deserved — point blank, period."Anything else?Soon after the April 2 stabbing, the arresting officer said Anthony reportedly told him, "I was protecting myself," before the officer questioned him about the incident, WFAA-TV reported, citing the arrest affidavit.Anthony also reportedly told the officer that Metcalf "put his hands on [him]," the station said, citing the affidavit, after which Anthony was handcuffed.The arresting officer soon told a fellow officer arriving on the scene that he had the alleged suspect — and Anthony reportedly interjected, "I'm not alleged; I did it," WFAA reported.A witness reportedly noted to police that Metcalf — who competed for Memorial High School — told Anthony he had to move from under his team's tent, the station said, citing the affidavit. With that Anthony opened his bag and reached inside, the witness told police, WFAA said."Touch me and see what happens," Anthony told Metcalf, the station added, citing a witness.Metcalf reportedly touched Anthony, the witness told an officer, and Anthony told Metcalf to punch him and see what would happen, WFAA reported.The witness said Metcalf then reportedly grabbed Anthony, after which Anthony reportedly pulled out what the witness recalled as a black knife and stabbed Metcalf once in the chest before running away, according to the station, citing the affidavit.Metcalf reportedly grabbed his chest and told others to get help, the witness told police, according to WFAA.While Anthony was in the back seat of a police vehicle, an officer saw fresh blood on his left middle finger, the station said, citing the affidavit.WFAA, citing the document, said Anthony while he was in the back seat of the vehicle also reportedly asked the officer if Metcalf was going to be OK. While being escorted to the squad car, Anthony asked an officer if his actions could be considered self-defense.A GiveSendGo fund for Anthony sits at just over $500,000 as of Tuesday morning.Anthony's father contended in an interview with the New York Post that “everyone has already made their assumptions about my son, but he’s not what they’re making him out to be." Anthony's father added to the paper that his son "was not the aggressor" and is "a good kid. He works two jobs. He’s an A student, has a 3.7 GPA."Alexander during last week's news conference ripped the Frisco ISD, claiming that district officials intend to expel Anthony — a senior at Centennial High School — prior to his graduation.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

On April 10 in an effort to advance President Trump’s agenda, House Republicans narrowly passed a budget resolution aimed at tax cuts, border security, and military spending. Hard-line conservatives, led by House Freedom Caucus members like Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), demanded deep cuts to Medicaid to rein in bloated entitlements. But that didn’t land so well with the RINOs. On April 16, twelve GOP moderates sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) threatening to tank the upcoming reconciliation bill if it slashes Medicaid. With the GOP once again divided, conservatives now brace for a high-stakes showdown as committees go to war over the bill’s details. “Is the House actually trying to eat itself alive, or is this just how things are done in D.C.?” asks “Blaze News Tonight” host Jill Savage. “It’s kind of both,” says Blaze News senior politics editor and Washington correspondent Christopher Bedford. “The way things are done is a lot of circular firing squads and eating their own, but at the end of the day, different congressmen come from different districts with different voter backgrounds and different needs, and some of those congressmen are going to be more responsive to liberal voters, less able to be Chip Roys on these sorts of matters,” he explains. The dissenting letter, he thinks, was “more of a warning shot than a ‘we will not work with you’” declaration. “Generally speaking, there’s no bigger wimp than a moderate Republican. … At the end of the day they derive their power from their closeness to Republican leadership, so if Republican leadership whispers no and barrels ahead, they almost without fail will break,” says Bedford. Blaze News editor in chief Matthew Peterson then raises a key question: How does the GOP reconcile Trump and Johnson’s former promises to protect or improve Medicaid given the budget resolution’s massive cut targets? “It’s murky,” says Bedford, addressing Medicaid’s fate. “You have President Trump saying it's not going to get touched; you have conservative fiscal hawks saying it needs to absolutely get touched; and you have Mike Johnson who says yes to everyone in town.” While “it's still all behind-closed-doors negotiations,” hopefully GOP leaders can at least work toward a Medicaid goal nobody should oppose: targeting fraud, abuse, and inefficiencies in Medicaid. To hear more of the panel’s analysis, watch the clip above. Want more from 'Blaze News Tonight'?To enjoy more provocative opinions, expert analysis, and breaking stories you won’t see anywhere else, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

The Oversight Project recently obtained an unreleased report from the Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General that appears to indicate that a top official in the Biden FBI retaliated against her underlings in response to their cooperation with an earlier OIG investigation that found misconduct revolving around her workplace affair. Mike Howell, president of the Oversight Project, told Blaze News, "The report we obtained is yet another example of the disaster that was the senior leadership at Christopher Wray's FBI." "The current FBI owes us significant documents about some pretty well sourced misconduct by [Deputy Director Paul] Abbate," continued Howell. "New leadership at the FBI doesn't absolve the bureau from needing to come to terms with some of its worst excesses." Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz issued a report in July 2021 indicating that a former senior FBI official — who current and former law enforcement officials confirmed to the Washington Post was then-Assistant Director of the FBI's Office of Congressional Affairs Jill Tyson — "engaged in a romantic relationship with a subordinate and failed to timely report the relationship, in violation of FBI policy." The report, which did not name Tyson outright, noted that the FBI official not only participated in a hiring decision involving the romantically involved subordinate but "allowed the relationship to negatively affect an appropriate and professional superior-subordinate relationship and to disrupt the workplace by interfering with the ability of other FBI employees to complete their work." The OIG's partially redacted October 2023 report, which the Oversight Project shared with Blaze News, claims that a senior female FBI employee — whom context and framing indicates was Tyson — tried to figure out which bureau staffers were being interviewed during the first investigation, then tried to "dig into [their testimony] a little bit." The senior official was upset with those who "betrayed" her, keen on "playing the long game," and ready to get "back" at least one employee "eventually," said the report. The report also claimed that the top FBI official told one employee who cooperated with the OIG during its previous investigation that she would "never get another job" at the bureau. Six of seven witnesses interviewed by the OIG reportedly testified that the top female FBI official spoke about the previous OIG investigation "in ways that made them feel uncomfortable or that they felt were inappropriate." During the first investigation, the senior female FBI official told an underling that she was "going to sue everyone who had provided negative information about her to the OIG," according to the report. She made statements about 'getting back at one individual for their OIG testimony.' The OIG also received an anonymous complaint indicating that the top FBI official, who apparently refused to sit for an interview with the OIG's office, "'regularly' boasted that the FBI Deputy Director [Paul Abbate] had told [redacted] 'to keep her head down and the FBI would take care of her.'" The OIG report concluded that the top FBI official violated bureau policy on non-retaliation for reporting compliance risks when she made statements about "getting back at one individual for their OIG testimony and about suing [redacted] employees who she believed has provided negative information about her in the earlier OIG investigation." The OIG also concluded that Tyson engaged in unprofessional conduct by "making those statements and by speaking to [redacted] employees about their testimony in the earlier OIG investigation in ways that made them feel uncomfortable, making [redacted] employees aware of her access to documents related to the earlier investigation, and asking a [redacted] member to print and deliver to [redacted] a copy of a document describing [redacted] in connection with the OIG's finding of misconduct in the earlier investigation." Blaze News reached out to Tyson and the DOJ for comment but did not receive responses by deadline. The FBI declined to comment. Around the time the OIG released its 2021 report concerning Tyson's apparent violation of FBI policies in her handling of a romantic relationship with a subordinate, the Washington Post reported that she had a "close working relationship with [then-]FBI Director Christopher A. Wray." The Post noted further that "Tyson plays a key role inside the FBI, managing its interactions and information-sharing with lawmakers. As part of that job, she prepares Wray for congressional testimony; current and former law enforcement officials said Wray likes and trusts her." Tyson — who also served as an at-large member of the FBI's Diversity Executive Council — now works as practice lead of crisis communications at Google's Mandiant Consulting, as well as CEO of Tyson Global Advisors. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

While the FF14 Cosmic Exploration feature is finally here, it's not what I'm most excited about from patch 7.21. Yes, we can head to the Source's moon and help our server explore the uncharted terrain, but what about the fashion? We all know looking good is Final Fantasy 14's true endgame, and the latest patch drops a bombshell that'll make it easier than ever. So if you've been asking for even more color in your virtual wardrobe, Square Enix has heard your call. Continue reading FF14 Cosmic Exploration is here, and it’s improving fashion forever MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best MMOs, FF14 Dawntrail review, FF14 Island Sanctuary guide

What are the Oblivion Remastered system requirements? We finally have confirmation that The Elder Scrolls Oblivion Remastered is real and available to play right now. For those playing on PC, you can now check out the system requirements you'll need to meet to enjoy this Unreal Engine 5 remaster. You won't need the best graphics card to enjoy this long-awaited remaster, but you are going to potentially need some extra system memory and storage space, based on the requirements released so far. The Oblivion Remaster just shadow-dropped, and here's what you'll need to play it. Continue reading Oblivion Remastered system requirements are problematic for older gaming PCs MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming