540 Million Years of Planet Earth / / No Comments 540 million years ago the Earth’s climate was very different from how it is today. During the Cambrian period global temperatures were warmer than they are now. It is believed there were no polar icecaps and there was likely to have been high levels of precipitation and humidity over much of the planet. Of course our world hasn’t always been so warm. The last Ice Age was during the Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Earth, Million, Planet, Years