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. Sky News.

Stonehenge had a hard Scottish heart, a new study suggests. The ancient site’s central stone, a large slab known as the Altar Stone, consists of rock transported at least 750 kilometers from ...

The study found that the Port Askaig Formation, composed of layers of rock up to 1.1 km thick, was likely laid down between 662 to 720 million years ago during the Sturtian glaciation -- the first ...

If you only had time to visit one part of the Scottish Highlands ... to an expansive valley of verdant rolling hills, stately rock formations and alpine lakes. Situated 13 miles south is the ...

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The Port Askaig Formation, which is made up of layers of rock up to 1.1km thick, ... Scottish and Irish rocks may be rare record of ‘snowball Earth’, study suggests.

If you only had time to visit one part of the Scottish Highlands ... to an expansive valley of verdant rolling hills, stately rock formations and alpine lakes. Situated 13 miles south is the ...

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.

Many rock formations created by that glaciation event — for instance in North America and Namibia — don’t show the “before and after” transition. ... That exposed rock, found on the Scottish islands ...