Tag: Cryogenian

• 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