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Scientists find signs of ‘snowball Earth’
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Scientists find signs of ‘snowball Earth’
Harvard Science

March 4, 2010
Steve Bradt
Harvard Staff Writer

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Geologists have found evidence that sea ice extended to the equator 716.5 million years ago, bringing new precision to a “snowball Earth” event long suspected of occurring around that time.

Led by scientists at Harvard, the team reports on its work in the latest edition of the journal Science . The new findings — based on an analysis of ancient tropical rocks in remote northwestern Canada — bolster the theory that the planet has, at times in the past, been covered with ice at all latitudes.

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03-06-2010 12:44 AM
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