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Yale Study Unveils Asteroid Strikes As Possible Trigger for Earth’s Ice Ages


Recent research argues that asteroid impacts may have triggered widespread ice ages in Earth's ancient history. A Yale-led research team has picked a side in the “Snowball Earth” debate over the possible cause of planet-wide deep freeze events that occurred in the distant past. According to a ne

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