Category: Ice Age

• 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…

  andrewwbower

  April 18, 2022

  Climate Change, Early Atmosphere, Extinction Events, Geologic Time, Ice Age, Paleoclimate, PETM, Quaternary Ice Age

  Climate Change, Early Atmosphere, Extinction Event, Geologic Time, Ice Age, Interglacial, Paleoclimate, PETM, Quaternary Ice Age

• 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…

  andrewwbower

  April 11, 2022

  Climate Change, Cryogenian, Cyanobacteria, Early Atmosphere, Geologic Time, Huronian, Ice Age, Outgassing, Paleoclimate, Snowball Earth

  Cryogenian, Huronian, Ice Age, Snowball Earth