Ancient Earth May Have Been Quite 'Slushy,' and Not Ball of Ice, Study Shows

Snowball Earth theory disputed by new research, claiming panet was not totally frozen oversometime 650 million years ago, during the Cryogenian period, and had slushy patches.

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