Large methane release could cause abrupt climate change as happened 635 million years ago
Large methane release could cause abrupt climate change as
happened 635 million years ago
PhysOrg.com May 28, 2008
An abrupt release about 635 million
years ago of methane, a powerful
greenhouse gas, from ice sheets that
then extended to Earth’s low
latitudes, caused a dramatic shift
in climate, triggering a series of
events that resulted in global
warming and ended the last
“snowball†ice age, a UC
Riverside-led study…
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