When fire and ice met 700 million years ago – Know the story behind 'snowball Earth'!
Researchers showed that a decade of continual eruptions from this type of volcanoes could have poured enough aerosols into the atmosphere to rapidly destabilize the climate.
Mar 14, 2017, 14:31 PM ISTExplosive volcanism drove major changes in 'Snowball Earth'
According to a new research, around 720-640 million years ago, much of the Earth's surface was covered in ice during a glaciation that lasted millions of years. Explosive underwater volcanoes were a major feature of this 'Snowball Earth'.
Jan 19, 2016, 21:05 PM IST