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Oceanic Crust Being Forced Into The Sky Triggered Two Ancient Ice Ages

Edit IFL Science 21 Apr 2016
In somewhat regular cycles, Earth enters an ice age, and glaciers spread across the globe ... Every now and then, however, plate tectonics play a major role in altering the global climate ... Jagoutz et al./PNAS ... The break-up of the ancient supercontinent Rodinia around 800 million years ago kick-started the Cryogenian period, where temperatures plummeted to such a degree that the entire world was essentially a “snowball.” Photo Gallery. ....

Explosive Underwater Volcanoes Drove Huge Changes During "Snowball Earth"

Edit IFL Science 20 Jan 2016
During the Cryogenian period, however, something caused the glaciation to continue and either mostly or entirely cover the entire planet, from the poles to the tropics ... alongside that occurring on land, deposited huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the ocean and atmosphere, starting the warming process that led to the demise of the Cryogenian....

The end of ‘Snowball Earth’ was caused by the planet WOBBLING

Edit The Daily Mail 25 Aug 2015
A Birmingham University study has found that the second ice age during the Cryogenian period ended with regular advances and retreats of the ice, caused by the Earth wobbling on its axis.... ....

New research sheds light on end of Snowball Earth period (University of Birmingham)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Aug 2015
(Source. University of Birmingham) Posted on Monday 24th August 2015. The second ice age during the Cryogenian period was not followed by the sudden and chaotic melting-back of the ice as previously thought, but ended with regular advances and retreats of the ice, according to research published by scientists from the University of Birmingham in the journal Nature Geoscience today (24 August 2015) ... The rocks and the models agreed ... Ends....

This Fossilized Sea Creature May Have Been The First With Muscles

Edit Huffington Post 27 Aug 2014
A fossilized creature found in Canada probably didn't go to the gym, but it may be the oldest animal known to have muscles, a new study finds ... 26) in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B ... [Marine Marvels. Spectacular Photos of Sea Creatures] ... Those clocks have gradually become more and more accurate, with some estimates suggesting animals first arose 700 million years ago, in the Cryogenian Period, he said ... Fossil of H ... ....

This Fossilized Creature Has the World's Oldest Muscles

Edit Yahoo Daily News 27 Aug 2014
A fossilized creature found in Canada probably didn't go to the gym, but it may be the oldest animal known to have muscles, a new study finds ... 26) in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B ... [Marine Marvels. Spectacular Photos of Sea Creatures] ... Those clocks have gradually become more and more accurate, with some estimates suggesting animals first arose 700 million years ago, in the Cryogenian Period, he said. View gallery....
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