[DB]

Why a decade?

It didn't stay super hot for anywhere remotely that long.

Plants start recovering very quickly.

[freebilly]

Scientists have speculated for more than a decade that the entire surface of the Earth below would have been baked by the equivalent of a global oven set on broil.

LOL! When I read this LATE last night I thought that scientists were speculating the entire surface of the earth stayed hot for more than a decade. Disregard my cynical earlier comments!