A perfect storm of fire and ice may have led to snowball Earth

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From the HARVARD JOHN A. PAULSON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES Explaining a ‘once-in-a-billion-year event’ What caused the largest glaciation event in Earth’s history, known as ‘snowball Earth’? Geologists and climate scientists have been searching for the answer for years but the root cause of the phenomenon remains elusive. Now, Harvard University researchers have […]

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March 13, 2017 at 09:46AM