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fromNature
1 day ago

Ancient 'snowball' Earth had frigidly briny seas

Snowball Earth oceans were extremely cold (around −15 °C) and so highly saline that seawater remained liquid at subfreezing temperatures.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

About 700m years ago, the Earth froze over entirely now we may know why

Massive volcanic eruptions combined with a cold climate contributed to Earth's Snowball Earth state 700 million years ago.
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