The snowball Earth hypothesis suggests that at some point approximately 715 million years ago our planet’s surface was totally – or as close as can be – covered in ice. … [Read full article]
Tag: glaciation
Anthropogenic Global Warming Will Delay Natural Glaciation
The massive levels of greenhouse gasses left in the atmosphere as a result of human burning of fossil fuels is liable to disrupt normal patterns of glaciation say scientists in … [Read full article]
Good News for Scorpios – Earth's Wobble Now Makes You a Libra
Sometimes old knowledge makes for “new” news, even viral news. Case in point:sky-watchers have known for more than two millennia that the Earth has a irregular wobble in its orbit … [Read full article]
What’s a Snowballed Earth’s Chance in Hell?
What happens when Earth’s carbon cycle is altered? Looking back 720 million years might give us a clue. [social_buttons]A new study led by researchers from Princeton University suggests that a … [Read full article]