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30 March, 10:07

Over the last 540 million years, icecaps covered at least one of the Earth's poles during three intervals. When were those intervals

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  1. 30 March, 13:15
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    Cause of Ice Age - The ice age or severe winter time duration is mainly caused by the variation in the time and intensity of Light. As the light coming from the sun has a very effective nature on earth's atmosphere and overall environment of the surface of the earth.

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    Andean-Saharan ice age (460 to 430 million years ago) - It caused the mass extinction of beings, and after a brief duration of time. The plants covered most of the surface of the earth. As it also said that due to these high number of plants the next ice age was caused. As it covered the poles of the earth body. Karoo ice age (360 to 260 million years ago) : karoo ice age operated much like the same as that we are living in now. Antarctica freezes over (14 million years ago) : Currently, we are living in this ice age. As the poles of the earth are covered by ice caps.
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