EBK BIOLOGY
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Author: Raven
Publisher: YUZU
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Chapter 26, Problem 1A
A global glaciation would be unlikely to occur if
a. a supercontinent formed near the equator and there was extensive rainfall.
b. millions of acres of forest were cleared.
c. vast amounts of phosphorous found its way into aquatic and oceanic environments.
d. there was a rapid expansion of algal populations in the ocean.
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