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The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs is believed to have hit the Earth in the relatively shallow waters of what is now the Gulf of Mexico. If the same asteroid had instead landed in, say, the Mariana Trench of the Pacific Ocean, would the impact have been as devastating for the Earth's climate?

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The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs is believed to have hit the Earth in the relatively shallow waters of what is now the Gulf of Mexico. If the same asteroid had instead landed in, say, the Mariana Trench of the Pacific Ocean, would the impact have been as devastating for the Earth's climate?	21