[JimSEA]

Here we have it folks. Scientifically verified incident of GLOBAL WARMING which with the output of phosphorous lead to the proliferation of animal life. If the warming hadn't occurred, we'd have a big ball of comparatively sterile ice and a happy Al Gore. Well, the last about Gore isn't true since he'd never have evolved from his bacteria ancestor.

During the breakup of Rodinia, tens of thousands of kilometres of mid-ocean ridge were formed over tens of millions of years. The lava erupted explosively in shallow waters producing large volumes of a glassy pyroclastic rock called hyaloclastite. As these deposits piled up on the sea floor, rapid chemical changes released massive amounts of calcium, magnesium and phosphorus into the ocean.

Dr Gernon explained: "We calculated that, over the course of a Snowball glaciation, this chemical build-up is sufficient to explain the thick cap carbonates formed at the end of the Snowball event.

[lee martell]

I need an eye exam. I thought the headline was saying “Explosive Underwear”. I thought ‘really? is it on YouTube yet? What is the catalyst for explosions? 36 x 24 x 36?”

[JRios1968]

...and a happy Al Gore. Well, the last about Gore isn't true since he'd never have evolved from his bacteria ancestor.

That presumes Algore has actually evolved...

[PIF]

But of course he isn’t explaining his theory on why Rodina broke up in the first place ...

[justa-hairyape]

Freshwater runoff from land changed ocean chemistry. Idiots. Where did the freshwater come from ? More than likely increased volcanic activity in shallow waters spewed immense amount of particulates into the atmosphere. Blocking sunlight. Course they have no way of proving that so they ignore it

[Nateman]

There a more interesting theory about the end of ice-ball Earth. The surface of Venus is about as old as when Earth changed out of the ice-ball. It is that two proto planets smashed into other making Venus. That in turned caused the Earth to change it's place in orbit warming it up.

[adorno]

I won’t believe any of the above hypothesis, until there is a Rodinian to give us a first-hand account of what really happened back then.