Category: Early Atmosphere
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Earth: 360 Million – 250 Years Ago
At the end of the last discussion, we established the hot, flourishing world of the Devonian period. During that time, we saw life completely transform. I also mentioned that there was an event that brought the world out of this hotter period, which allowed for yet another extinction event. During this post, we will start off…
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Earth: 720-360 Million Years Ago
In the previous post, we discussed the initiation of Earth’s atmosphere, and the first formation of life. We learned how microscopic life managed to extremely change the climate by altering the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. As a result, Earth entered its first ice age known as the Huronian, which was followed by…
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Earth’s Early Atmosphere
As I discussed in my previous post, the Earth’s climate is not only changing today, but it has changed for billions of years and will probably continue to do so long after us humans are gone. Generally, Earth’s climate history shows that dramatic swings in climate occur over the course of tens of thousands, to millions…
We're Cooked! 