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  "path": "/ecology/earths-longest-ice-age-may-have-repeatedly-thawed-and-refrozen-for-56-million-years/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-13T06:48:43.000Z",
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  "tags": [
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    "Environment",
    "Geology",
    "News",
    "ancient Earth",
    "atmospheric oxygen",
    "basalt weathering",
    "carbon cycle",
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