A biologically driven directional change in susceptibility to global-scale glaciation during the Precambrian-Cambrian transition
The paper models how changing biotic weathering efficiency influenced Earth's susceptibility to global glaciation, suggesting biological factors, not just tectonic ones, drove the shift from Neoproterozoic snowball Earth events to later glacial periods.
bioRxiv · Jan 8, 2019 · PreprintPaleontology