Asteroid strikes may have frozen past Earth into ' snowball, ' study argues

Asteroid impacts at key moments in the Earth's past could have set off global freezes that covered the entire planet in ice for thousands or even millions of years. This is the conclusion of a study led by researchers at Yale University, who modeled the climatic consequences of a large asteroid…#yaleuniversity #scienceadvances #snowballearth #minminfu #chicxulub #neoproterozoicera #cretaceousperiod #lastglacialmaximum #northernamerica #northerneurope

Source: Reuters: Health - February 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news