"Snowball Earth" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Snowball Earth}} Snowball Earth
  1. (geology) The planet Earth when its surface was almost completely frozen some time earlier than 650 million years ago, according to a hypothesis aiming to explain certain enigmatic features in the geological record, such as apparently glacial sedimentary deposits found at tropical paleolatitudes. Wikipedia link: Snowball Earth Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-Snowball_Earth-en-name-j-s4Ya~- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

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