Tag: glaciation
There would have been a large-scale glaciation on Mars
Liquid water on the surface of Mars has gradually disappeared in its past as the planet changed its climate and cooled. Under these conditions, large glaciers should have formed, but…
A volcanic fertilization of the oceans would have led to one of the largest mass extinctions
Scientists at the University of Southampton studied the effects of volcanic materials on ocean chemistry at the end of the Ordovician, around 450 million years ago, in an attempt to…