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Did Snowball Earth Happen Because of a Sudden Drop in Sunlight?

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Did Snowball Earth Happen Because of a Sudden Drop in Sunlight?

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    Did Snowball Earth Happen Because of a Sudden Drop in Sunlight?
    by Evan Gough

    Hundreds of millions of years ago, Earth went through two episodes of severe glaciation. These two episodes—the Sturtian and the Marinoan glaciations—occured during the Earth’s Cryogenian Period. The Cryogenian lasted from about 720 million to 635 million years ago. The phenomenon is called “Snowball Earth” and both instances of it happened in pretty quick succession. …

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