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Re:New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancien... by aeonik on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @05:11PM (#40229475)
What? I thought the geologic record showed that it's been hot most of the time, punctuated by a few ice ages.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_temperature_record#...

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Re:New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancien... by mkl on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @07:54PM (#40231113)
Evidence of a Snowball Earth phase is not definitive, but that graph doesn't go back far enough. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowball_Earth, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huronian_glaciation
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