A perfect storm of fire and ice may have led to snowball Earth
Monday, March 13, 2017 - 15:31
in Earth & Climate
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, researchers have a new hypothesis about what caused the runaway glaciation that covered the Earth pole-to-pole in ice.