First, what is an ice age? It’s when the Earth has cold temperatures for a long time – millions to tens of millions of years – that lead to ice sheets and glaciers covering large areas of its surface.
Ice core researcher Don Voigt examines an ice core at the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide (WAIS Divide) project. Credit: Gifford Wong Ice core researcher Don Voigt examines an ice core at the West ...
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Huge ice dome in Greenland vanished 7,000 years ago — melting at temperatures we're racing toward today
Scientists drilled to the bottom of Greenland's 1,600-foot deep Prudhoe Dome and found it disappeared in the early Holocene, when temperatures were close to what we're predicted to reach by the end of ...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. How many ice ages has the Earth had, and could ...
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