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A Rapid Reduction In Sunlight May Have Triggered The Snowball Earth Events – IFLScience

Some 700 million years ago, the Earth experienced several rounds of the most unusual climates in its history. Known as Snowball Earth, these events made re

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Some 700 million years ago, the Earth experienced several rounds of the most unusual climates in its history. Known as Snowball Earth, these events made recent ice ages look like a mild frost. Debate rages as to what started these deep freezes and what broke the planet out of them. New research suggests the speed with which conditions changed could be as important as the initiating temperatures.
Without enough sunlight, we would expect the Earth to turn into an ice world. However, MIT graduate …

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