Editing Snowball Earth (section)

===High-obliquity hypothesis===
A competing hypothesis to explain the presence of ice on the equatorial continents was that Earth's [[axial tilt]] was quite high, in the vicinity of 60°, which would place Earth's land in high "latitudes", although supporting evidence is scarce.<ref>{{cite web
| url= http://www.livescience.com/7105-day-earth-fell.html
| title= LiveScience.com: The Day The Earth Fell Over| website= [[Live Science]]| date= 25 August 2006}}</ref> A less extreme possibility would be that it was merely Earth's magnetic pole that wandered to this inclination, as the magnetic readings which suggested ice-filled continents depend on the magnetic and rotational poles being relatively similar. In either of these two situations, the freeze would be limited to relatively small areas, as is the case today; severe changes to Earth's climate are not necessary.