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How ancient Scottish rocks throw ‘snowball Earth’ theory up in the air

International EN 25 Feb 2026, 08:00 Source: The Guardian

Researchers discover rare periods of a few thousands years when climate unexpectedly awoke from slumberDuring the ”snowball Earth” period about 700m years ago, Earth’s climate shut down. The planet was encased in ice and insulated from seasonal variations: spring, summer, autumn...

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