SNOW CHANCE: Study Rules Out Ice Age Hotspot Theory

Simulations by the University of Vienna in Austria show a strong influence of clouds on global ice ages in the history of the Earth: Clouds and their radiation reflection are an important influencing factor for the stability of a possible water belt state of the Earth in the cryogenium. Note: Licensed photo. (IMK-TRO/Newsflash) Simulations by the University of Vienna in Austria show a strong influence of clouds on global ice ages in the history of the Earth: Clouds and their radiation reflection are an important influencing factor for the stability of a possible water belt state of the Earth in the cryogenium. Note: Licensed photo. (IMK-TRO/Newsflash)
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16 June 2022
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A long-standing theory that an equatorial belt of warm water fostered life during the earth's Ice Age has been dismissed by a new study. New findings by scientists from Vienna University and the Institute of Technology in Karlsruhe (KIT), Germany, show that the hotspot almost certainly...