If the hypothesis that proposes that Earth was entirely covered with ice during late Precambrian time - Snowball Earth - is correct,then what process brought it out of that state?
A)the Sun heated up
B)atmospheric pressures fell allowing the ice to sublime
C)heat conduction through the oceanic lithosphere melted the ice
D)volcanic eruptions heated the atmosphere by emitting greenhouse gases

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Volcanic eruptions releasing large amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere is the process believed to have warmed the Earth sufficiently to melt the ice, ending the Snowball Earth condition.

If the Hypothesis That Proposes That Earth Was Entirely Covered