Around 650 million years ago, the Earth was covered from pole to pole with glaciers during...

Around 650 million years ago, the Earth was covered from pole to pole with glaciers during a period referred to as Snowball Earth. Identify and describe a set of 3 realistic global scale feedback mechanisms that address the following:

a. A feedback mechanism that allowed the Earth to descend into a global glaciation

b. A feedback mechanism that kept the Earth in a permanent glaciation for millions of years

c. A feedback mechanism that allowed the Earth to escape from the glacial period to the warm period that followed.

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Amanda K answered 5 months ago

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