Zim: "So, what could possibly make you think think we might be due another ice age in the near future?"
I watched a Disney Movie named "Frozen"?
After the Ice Age: The Return of Life to Glaciated North America Paperback – December 1, 1992
by E. C. Pielou (Author) https://www.amazon.com/After-Ice-Age-Glaciated-America/dp/0226668126
Apparently the majority of the time the earth does not have polar ice caps AT ALL. But there are big ice ages and mini ice ages. Apparently we are already in the early stages of a big ice age, but have had a bit of a reprieve for the last 11,000 years or so.
Here is an article:
http://www.livescience.com/58407-how-often-do-ice-ages-happen.html
"This is how the 100,000-year cycle works: Ice sheets grow for about 90,000 years and then take about 10,000 years to collapse during warmer periods. Then, the process repeats itself.
Given that the last ice age ended about 11,700 years ago, isn't it time for Earth to get icy again?
"We should be heading into another ice age right now," Sandstrom told Live Science. But two factors related to Earth's orbit that influence the formation of glacials and interglacials are off. "That, coupled with the fact that we pump so much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere [means] we're probably not going to enter a glacial for at least 100,000 years," he said.
So, those who are terrified of "mand-made global warming" are a little confused. Better global warming than freezing your ass off and starving in an ice age.
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