7+ hour, 45+ min ago  (661+ words) Artistic depiction of Earth during the Huronian glaciation. Image credit: Oleg Kuznetsov via Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 During the Cryogenian Period, between 720 and 635 million years ago, it has long been believed that Earth's climate entirely shut down. The planet experienced its…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (741+ words) The Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean between Australia and Sri Lanka. They are one of the places the study relates to. Image credit: PalawanOz via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 The research, led by the University of Southampton, shows how…...