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  1. Scottish and Irish rocks confirmed as rare record of 'snowball Earth'
    phys.org/news/2024-08-scottish paper: lyellcollection.org/doi/full/1

    The Port Askaig Formation was likely laid down between 662 to 720 million years ago during the #SturtianGlaciation—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 #SnowballEarth from a previously warm, tropical environment.