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635 million years ago, as the planet warms... ♪ ♪...the meltingof gigantic glaciers drives intense evaporationof water into the atmosphere. ♪ ♪ Water vaporis a strong greenhouse gas. So this would have kind of acted like an accelerator pedalon the whole process. Once the thawing begins, and the ice capsstart to retreat, the planet becomes darker, enabling it to absorbmore energy from the sun. PU:As the dark oceansand continents absorb more heat from the sun,this would have helped warm the planet and decreasethe amount of ice left on it. This can be considered the exact reverse process of how the snowball was formed
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water trickling
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635 million years ago
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as the planet warms
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the melting of gigantic glaciers
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drives intense evaporation of water into the atmosphere
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Water vapor is a strong greenhouse gas
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So this would have kind of acted
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like an accelerator pedal on the whole process
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Once the thawing begins
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and the ice caps start to retreat
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the planet becomes darker
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enabling it to absorb more energy from the sun
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PU As the dark oceans and continents absorb more heat
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from the sun this would have helped
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warm the planet and decrease the amount of ice left on it
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This can be considered
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the exact reverse process
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of how the snowball was formed
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