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Oldest sedimentary rocks show how Earth avoided becoming giant snowball »

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A greenhouse gas that has become the bane of modern society may have saved Earth from completely freezing over early in the planet's history, according to the first detailed laboratory analysis of the world's oldest sedimentary rocks.

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dadesider
Feb. 5, 2007, 3:35 p.m.
Good post, THX...
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uncle-dave
Feb. 5, 2007, 6:20 p.m.
It seems like Mother Earth lucked our 3.75 billion years ago. I wonder if her luck will continue to hold?