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Ancient Earth Repeatedly Thawed during Catastrophic Ice Ages, New Research Suggests

May 13, 2026 - 13:15
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Ancient Earth Repeatedly Thawed during Catastrophic Ice Ages, New Research Suggests
An artist’s impression of the ‘Snowball Earth.’ Image credit: Oleg Kuznetsov, http://3depix.com / CC BY-SA 4.0.

Earth experienced extreme climate swings during the Neoproterozoic epoch (one billion to 538.8 million years ago), including the Sturtian glaciation, when ice likely covered the planet.

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