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Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing "icehouse" periods and warm "greenhouse" states. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

The story of our planet is written in the slow movement of its surface. Over billions of years, shifting tectonic plates have ...