From Snowball Earth to rising seas: what drives our planet's climate swings?
In short: Earth's climate has fluctuated between extremes, from ice-free poles to a frozen globe. This video explores the mechanisms behind these massive shifts and investigates what triggers such dramatic changes.
Lorraine Lisiecki examines the history of Earth's climate variability. The planet has experienced periods without polar ice caps, resulting in sea levels 70 meters higher than today, as well as the extreme 'Snowball Earth' event approximately 700 million years ago, when ice nearly covered the entire world.
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