Up Next
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.
Sign up now for inspiring and thought-provoking media delivered straight to your inbox.
Support Provided By
10:53
The Story of How the Starfish Got its Arms Reminds us that Animals have Deep Histories.
11:01
Learn More about the Very Rare Medium-Sized Dinosaurs.
8:06
The very last mammoths that ever lived experienced what’s known as a mutational meltdown.
7:44
Some Mammal Traits Show Up a Lot Earlier and in Things That Weren’t Mammals at All.
10:01
Find out if Sloths Really Did Poop Themselves to Death.
7:21
Solve the Mystery of Where All Squid Fossils Are.
9:01
Find Out Why and How Weasels Push the Limits on What is Metabolically Possible.
7:28
Trees have a Far More Rooted History than You Think.
10:00
How did the Nunalleq village manage to survive and prosper during the Little Ice Age?
9:08
Watch Metriorhynchids' journey to the Sea.
9:32
Learn about the History and Evolution of the Red (and other) Hot Chilli Peppers.
8:36
Learn Why Being Right-handed May Have Deep Evolutionary Roots In Our Lineage.