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'Snowball Earth': Glaciers, ice packs once met at Equator

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American boffins say they have discovered evidence that almost the entire world was covered in sea ice and glaciers at certain points in the remote past, during so-called "snowball Earth" periods where the polar ice sheets met at the Equator.

The 'Snowball Earth' theory explained. Credit: NSF

It were grim in the old days.

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Source is a UK publication...boffins ...are Scientists....

4 posted on 03/07/2010 1:59:35 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Saw this somewhere yesterday. But I thought the rocks studied were in Alaska. Hmmm,,,


6 posted on 03/07/2010 2:03:52 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: SatinDoll

fyi


14 posted on 03/07/2010 2:19:43 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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