Back to Show
            
            
                
                
             
            
        
        
    Eons
            How Volcanoes Froze the Earth...Twice
                
                    
                        
                            Season 2
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            Episode 29
                        
                    
                
            
            
            Over 600 million years ago, sheets of ice coated our planet on both land and sea. How did this happen? And most importantly for us, why did the planet eventually thaw again? The evidence for Snowball Earth is written on every continent today.
Support Provided By
                 
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
          10:38
        
      
    
  
  
                    
                
            We may have planet-shattering asteroids...
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
          11:50
        
      
    
  
  
                    
                
            What doomed the Neandertals?
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
          11:25
        
      
    
  
  
                    
                
            What did life look like when the Amazon watershed flowed backwards?
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
          12:10
        
      
    
  
  
                    
                
            Did you know the evolution of the butthole was a major breakthrough in animal development?
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
          12:28
        
      
    
  
  
                    
                
            Learn about the complicated the history of mammals and their disappearance.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
          9:19
        
      
    
  
  
                    
                
            Where are all the east coast dinosaurs?
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
          10:50
        
      
    
  
  
                    
                
            Where did our moon come from? The origin is even stranger than you may imagine.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
          10:04
        
      
    
  
  
                    
                
            The Himalayas changed everything.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
          11:53
        
      
    
  
  
                    
                
            What led to the creation of the trunk?
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
          11:55
        
      
    
  
  
                    
                
            What was the first ever drink?
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
          9:45
        
      
    
  
  
                    
                
            How did the "false horse," Thoatherium, and its relatives survive?
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
          10:21
        
      
    
  
  
                    
                
            Did you know volcanoes created the Atlantic Ocean that we know today?
        
        
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    