Antarctic ice on 1 Jan 2024
NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio
Earth’s local weather isn’t simple to chill down – particularly if you would like it chilly sufficient for ice caps to type. In keeping with a mannequin of the geological forces shaping the local weather over the previous 420 million years, reaching such “ice home” temperatures requires a mix of fast rock erosion eradicating carbon dioxide from the ambiance and fewer CO2-releasing volcanic exercise.
Regardless of record high temperatures on temporary human timescales right this moment, Earth’s local weather is at the moment colder than normal. “While you look again within the geological previous and also you attempt to…
