Research Supports "Snowball Earth" Hypothesis 243
u2boy_nl writes, "A new U.S. study finds evidence for 'Snowball Earth,' the hypothesis that the entire Earth was ice-covered for long periods on several occasions, most recently 600-700 million years ago. The icy conditions (Earth's oceans frozen completely with ice more than a kilometer thick) ended violently under extreme greenhouse conditions — snowballearth.org suggests the meltdown could have occurred in as little as 2,000 years. Snowball Earth challenges long-held assumptions regarding the limits of global change. Wikipedia has more on the hypothesis."
Frost post! (Score:5, Funny)
Seriously, I wonder if there could be evidence of organisms tolerant of saltier conditions if all that ice left the remaining water saltier.
Hmm... (Score:3, Funny)
Wontons (Score:2, Funny)
Just bring a package of wonton skins along with you on your next perimeter patrol - if things go too badly, gut your tauntaun with your light saber, carve it up a bit, wrap some in a wonton skin, and then use the light saber to boil some water.
Scrumptious!
Cavemen (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Shoot ... score one for the Bush admin (Score:2, Funny)
Once the feedback loop spirals out of control the temperature will drop to -32,768.
Re:Cavemen (Score:3, Funny)
That was the Golgafrinchams burning the forests to solve the inflation problem caused by making leaves legal tender.
Re:Frost post! (Score:2, Funny)
Well, there's Paris Hilton...