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Volcanic event caused ice age during Jurassic Period, new research suggests
2015-12-11 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Pioneering new research has shed new light on the causes behind an 'ice-age' that took place on Earth around 170 million years ago. An international team of experts, including researchers from the Camborne School of Mines, have found evidence of a large and abrupt cooling of the Earth's temperature during the Jurassic Period, which lasted millions of years. The scientists found that the cooling coincided with a large-scale volcanic event - called the North …
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