Research unravels mystery of how early animals survived ice age
Monday, December 2, 2019 - 15:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
How did life survive the most severe ice age? A McGill University-led research team has found the first direct evidence that glacial meltwater provided a crucial lifeline to eukaryotes during Snowball Earth, when the oceans were cut off from life-giving oxygen, answering a question puzzling scientists for years.