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Four billion years of Earth's shifting seasons

By Michael Marshall

28 March 2012

See more: An illustrated version of this article will be published within the next two weeks on our CultureLab books and arts blog

FOR around 4 billion years, Earth has been just right for life. It’s not too hot, not too cold, not too windy nor too wet. But it is also changeable, and sometimes distinctly uncomfortable.

In The Goldilocks Planet, and of the University of Leicester, UK, set out to tell the story of Earth’s changing climate, from the planet’s early days when it was bombarded by meteorites to today. It is a project…

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