MASSIVE GLACIERS ntombed the earth hundreds of millions of years ago, but
how?
Image: WOLFGANG KAEHLER Corbis
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND--Once upon a time ice as much as a kilometer thick engulfed the earth. Glaciers
scoured the nearly lifeless continents, and sea ice encapsulated the oceans--even in the tropics. The planet's only solution to the deep freeze
This article was originally published with the title Triggering a Snowball.
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