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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>Did the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/snowballEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snowballEarth</span></a> give complex life a boost?<br>Planet-wide <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glaciers</span></a> may have filled the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceans</span></a> with mineral nutrients.<br>As massive glaciers scratched and scarred <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a>’s rocky surface, they freed less-common minerals, which were later flushed into the seas as the ice melted into giant glacial rivers. These minerals in turn may have spurred nutrient cycling in the oceans, boosting the metabolism of microbial life. <br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/02/bulldozing-glaciers-may-have-spurred-evolution-in-the-ocean/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">2/bulldozing-glaciers-may-have-spurred-evolution-in-the-ocean/</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>When you consider the Earth is 4.4 billion years old, and complex Life only came about due to a calamity shaking things up 800 million years ago...the chances of bountiful biospheres like ours must be pretty slim. </p><p>1. We must cherish this planet for the rare jewel it is. <br>2. There's probably a lot of easily terraformable worlds out there that could suit us nicely with a bit of work.</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/02/bulldozing-glaciers-may-have-spurred-evolution-in-the-ocean/?ICID=ref_fark" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">2/bulldozing-glaciers-may-have-spurred-evolution-in-the-ocean/?ICID=ref_fark</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SnowballEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnowballEarth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RareEarthHypothosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RareEarthHypothosis</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>The Physics of Cold Water May Have Jump-Started Complex <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Life</span></a><br>When <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/seawater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seawater</span></a> gets cold, it gets viscous. This fact could explain how single-celled <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> creatures became multicellular when the planet was frozen during “<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SnowballEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnowballEarth</span></a>,” according to experiments.<br>The prevailing scientific view is that such frigid temperatures would slow rather than speed evolution. But fossil records from 720 to 635MYA show an <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/evolutionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolutionary</span></a> spurt preceding the development of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a>.<br><a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-physics-of-cold-water-may-have-jump-started-complex-life-20240724/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">quantamagazine.org/the-physics</span><span class="invisible">-of-cold-water-may-have-jump-started-complex-life-20240724/</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Longer <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SnowballEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnowballEarth</span></a> deglaciation could have driven multiple phases of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SeaLevelRise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLevelRise</span></a> and fall <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-12-longer-snowball-earth-deglaciation-driven.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-12-longer-s</span><span class="invisible">nowball-earth-deglaciation-driven.html</span></a></p><p>Melting the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Marinoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marinoan</span></a> Snowball Earth: The impact of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/deglaciation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deglaciation</span></a> duration on the sea-level history of continental margins. By Freya Morris et al. <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X24005648" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/pii/S0012821X24005648</span></a></p><p>"The <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Cryogenian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cryogenian</span></a> period is believed to have played a significant role in the emergence of complex, multicellular life, with animal and algal-based ecosystems beginning to appear once the ice sheets retreated"</p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Thinking again about that 1-2 billion year window of when life is ideal for stuff like us wacky Humans but how many other worlds out there might just need a nudge in the right direction to make them habitable...</p><p><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/09/240918165736.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedaily.com/releases/2024</span><span class="invisible">/09/240918165736.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SnowballEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnowballEarth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Terraforming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Terraforming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DrakeEquation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrakeEquation</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Explaining dramatic planetwide changes after world's last <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SnowballEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnowballEarth</span></a> event<br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-09-planetwide-world-snowball-earth-event.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-09-planetwi</span><span class="invisible">de-world-snowball-earth-event.html</span></a></p><p>Three-stage formation of cap carbonates after Marinoan snowball glaciation consistent with depositional timescales and geochemistry <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-51412-8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-024</span><span class="invisible">-51412-8</span></a></p><p>"Life on Earth was simple—in the form of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbes</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> or other tiny aquatic organisms—for over 2 billion years leading up to Snowball Earth... Then 2 Snowball Earth events occurred. And soon after, animals appear in the fossil record"</p>
Or M. Bialik<p>The term " <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Neoproterozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neoproterozoic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossil</span></a> record " still feels odd, but this is just how our understanding has progressed. <br>Now, with the added layer of inhabited terrestrial <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/environments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environments</span></a> before <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SnowballEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnowballEarth</span></a>.<br>(also, possibly a critical part of the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> of life, if you care about that sort of thing)<br><a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2319628121" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.</span><span class="invisible">2319628121</span></a></p>
michael<p>4-Oct-2024<br>Life on Earth was more diverse than classical theory suggests 800 million years ago, a Brazilian study shows</p><p>According to an article published in the journal PNAS, different lineages of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amoebae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amoebae</span></a> and ancestors of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> and animals were already established in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neoproterozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neoproterozoic</span></a> period and survived the two glaciations that covered the entire planet.</p><p><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1060345" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eurekalert.org/news-releases/1</span><span class="invisible">060345</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SnowballEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnowballEarth</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>Uncovering “Snowball Earth”: Hidden Rock Record Unveils Secrets of Earth’s Deep Freeze<br><a href="https://scitechdaily.com/uncovering-snowball-earth-hidden-rock-record-unveils-secrets-of-earths-deep-freeze/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scitechdaily.com/uncovering-sn</span><span class="invisible">owball-earth-hidden-rock-record-unveils-secrets-of-earths-deep-freeze/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SnowballEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnowballEarth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a></p>
scinexx - das wissensmagazin<p>Ein „Golden Spike“ für den Schneeball Erde. Geologen finden vollständigste Schichten der Eiszeit vor rund 720 Millionen Jahren. <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/SnowballEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnowballEarth</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/GoldenSpike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoldenSpike</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/GSSP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GSSP</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Geologie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geologie</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Erdgeschichte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erdgeschichte</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Cryogenium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cryogenium</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Stratigrafie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stratigrafie</span></a><br><a href="https://www.scinexx.de/news/geowissen/ein-golden-spike-fuer-den-schneeball-erde/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scinexx.de/news/geowissen/ein-</span><span class="invisible">golden-spike-fuer-den-schneeball-erde/</span></a></p>
reinoud kaasschieter<p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geology</span></a> news:</p><p>𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 '𝗦𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵'</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Garvellach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Garvellach</span></a> islands off the west coast of <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> are the best record of <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a> entering its biggest ever <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/IceAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IceAge</span></a> around 720 million years ago, researchers have discovered.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj9l2mrn43jo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cj9l2mrn</span><span class="invisible">43jo</span></a> via <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBC</span></a> </p><p>📷 CC BY-SA 2.0 © Donald MacDonald via <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/243191" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">geograph.org.uk/photo/243191</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Snowball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Snowball</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/SnowballEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnowballEarth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Garvellachs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Garvellachs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Island" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Island</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Islands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Islands</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Scottish and Irish rocks confirmed as rare record of 'snowball Earth'<br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-08-scottish-irish-rare-snowball-earth.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-08-scottish</span><span class="invisible">-irish-rare-snowball-earth.html</span></a> paper: <a href="https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/full/10.1144/jgs2024-029" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lyellcollection.org/doi/full/1</span><span class="invisible">0.1144/jgs2024-029</span></a></p><p>The Port Askaig Formation was likely laid down between 662 to 720 million years ago during the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SturtianGlaciation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SturtianGlaciation</span></a>—the first of two global freezes thought to have triggered the development of complex, multicellular life. One exposed outcrop of the formation is unique as it shows the transition into <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SnowballEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnowballEarth</span></a> from a previously warm, tropical environment.</p>
GaiaCrisisPhil<p>Scotland like Mauritius?<br>It was a long time ago </p><p>Scottish isles may solve mystery of 'Snowball Earth'</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj9l2mrn43jo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cj9l2mrn</span><span class="invisible">43jo</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/innerHebrides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>innerHebrides</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/snowballEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snowballEarth</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/rocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rocks</span></a></p>
John Faithfull 🌍🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧡✊🏻✊🏿<p>The Garvellach islands, just south of Mull, have fabulous rocks preserving detailed records of repeated Neoproterozoic "snowball Earth" glaciations. But the exact age, and correlation with similar rocks elsewhere, has been controversial. New <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> paper shows that the sequence seems entirely Sturtian (older than 662 million years) + may be the most complete Sturtian section preserved on Earth.🤓😊🏆<a href="https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/full/10.1144/jgs2024-029" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lyellcollection.org/doi/full/1</span><span class="invisible">0.1144/jgs2024-029</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Cryogenian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cryogenian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SnowballEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnowballEarth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geology</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Ruth_Mottram</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@TatianaIlyina" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TatianaIlyina</span></a></span></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>'Golden spike' showing the moment Earth turned into a giant snowball discovered in ancient Scottish rocks<br><a href="https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/golden-spike-showing-the-moment-earth-turned-into-a-giant-snowball-discovered-in-ancient-scottish-rocks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">livescience.com/planet-earth/g</span><span class="invisible">eology/golden-spike-showing-the-moment-earth-turned-into-a-giant-snowball-discovered-in-ancient-scottish-rocks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SnowballEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnowballEarth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoldenSpike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoldenSpike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cry</span></a></p>
Bruce Sterling @bruces<p>*Back when the Earth was alive and evolving, but encased in a shell of ice, much like the moon Europa <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SnowballEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnowballEarth</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/the-physics-of-cold-water-may-have-jump-started-complex-life/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/the-physics-of</span><span class="invisible">-cold-water-may-have-jump-started-complex-life/</span></a></p>
Matt Hodgkinson<p>"As seawater gets colder, it grows thicker. It’s basic physics — the density and viscosity of water molecules rises as the temperature drops. Under the conditions of Snowball Earth, the ocean would have been twice or even four times as viscous as it was before the planet froze over. Simpson wondered what it would have been like to be a microscopic organism in the ocean during Snowball Earth."</p><p><a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-physics-of-cold-water-may-have-jump-started-complex-life-20240724/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">quantamagazine.org/the-physics</span><span class="invisible">-of-cold-water-may-have-jump-started-complex-life-20240724/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/BioPhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BioPhysics</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/SnowballEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnowballEarth</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ComplexLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComplexLife</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Multicellularity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Multicellularity</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/EvolutionaryBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EvolutionaryBiology</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>Snowball Earth’s Environmental Conditions Gave Multicellular Organisms Evolutionary Advantage<br><a href="https://www.sci.news/paleontology/snowball-earth-multicellularity-13063.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sci.news/paleontology/snowball</span><span class="invisible">-earth-multicellularity-13063.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cryogenian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cryogenian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SnowballEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnowballEarth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/multicellularity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>multicellularity</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>What happens after a <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SnowballEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnowballEarth</span></a> melts? <a href="https://mpimet.mpg.de/en/communication/news/was-passiert-wenn-eine-schneeball-erde-schmilzt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mpimet.mpg.de/en/communication</span><span class="invisible">/news/was-passiert-wenn-eine-schneeball-erde-schmilzt</span></a></p><p>Moderate greenhouse <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> and rapid carbonate formation after <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Marinoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marinoan</span></a> snowball Earth <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-47873-6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-024</span><span class="invisible">-47873-6</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@TatianaIlyina" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TatianaIlyina</span></a></span> </p><p>"When a snowball Earth deglaciates, the planet transitions rapidly into a hot supergreenhouse climate that persists for a hundred thousand years or more - according to the classic snowball Earth theory. New publication shows that this concept is too simplified."</p>
bewitchedmind<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoGirl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoGirl</span></a>, Ediacara &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SnowballEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnowballEarth</span></a>. What's not to love? </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVya93d4qGs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=wVya93d4qG</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a></p>