Giant Glaciers Reshaped Earth’s Surface and Paved Way for Complex Life

Giant Glaciers Reshaped Earth’s Surface and Paved Way for Complex Life
An artist’s impression of a ‘Snowball Earth.’ Image credit: NASA.

Scientists have discovered that as glaciers carved through the landscape after the Neoproterozoic ‘snowball Earth’ events, they scraped deep into the Earth’s crust, releasing key minerals that altered ocean chemistry.

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 Scientists have discovered that as glaciers carved through the landscape after the Neoproterozoic ‘snowball Earth’ events, they scraped deep into the Earth’s crust, releasing key minerals that altered ocean chemistry.
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