Snowball Earth was not completely frozen, new study reveals

ScienceDaily
Feb 12, 2026, 3:48 am119 ptsTrending
Even when Earth was locked in its most extreme deep freeze, the planet’s climate may not have been as silent and still as once believed. New research from ancient Scottish rocks reveals that during Snowball Earth — when ice sheets reached the tropics and the planet resembled a giant snowball from space —…

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