In the whole history of Earth's climate, few events are as extreme as those that geologists call "Snowball Earth." ...

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Spring has finally sprung, which means days will keep getting longer from now until the summer. The season officially commenced as the sun shone directly over the equator and daytime and nighttime ...

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