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Scottish and Irish Rocks Confirmed as Rare Record of 'Snowball Earth'
August 17, 2024
LONDON, England, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The University College London issued the following news:

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A rock formation spanning Ireland and Scotland may be the world's most complete record of "snowball Earth", a crucial moment in planetary history when the globe was covered in ice, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

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The study, published in the Journal of the Geological Society of London, found that the Port Askaig Form . . .

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