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Tohoku University

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Changes in Earth's environment and lifeforms during the Snowball Earth and its aftermath 650-630 million years ago. Black arrows show changes. The appearance of a supercontinent caused a decrease in ocean volcanism, which resulted in a decrease in atmospheric CO2 and the Snowball Earth. Red words show new findings in this paper.

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Kunio Kaiho

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