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A Scottish and Irish rock formation dating back hundreds of millions of years could be evidence of what scientists call snowball Earth, a new study says.
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Tourists building rock formations in the remote Scottish Highlands could be doing irreversible damage, according to environmentalists. Joanna Whitehead. Tuesday 18 September 2018 12:51 BST.
A rock formation that spans Ireland and Scotland may be a rare record of snowball Earth – a crucial moment in planetary history when the globe was covered in ice.
Port Askaig Formation – composed of layers of rock up to 0.68 miles (1.1km) thick – was likely 'laid down' during the Sturtian glaciation, the authors of this study say.