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From asteroid impacts to ice ages, oxygen booms to planetary plant takeovers, science journalist Laura Poppick goes in search of these geological archives, alongside the scientists who understand them best.—Literary Hub
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025 During the last ice age, both lineages’ populations were in decline.—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 May 2025 In Alaska, a favorite Mother’s Day tradition involved getting up close and personal with a species that survived the ice age: musk ox.—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 12 May 2025 During the Cryogenian period about 700 to 635 million years ago, Earth experienced a super ice age, one that froze the entire planet from the poles to the equator.—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for ice age
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