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Ice ages

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    • Climate
    Posted on:  2021-06-02

    Explainer: How the rise and fall of CO2 levels influenced the ice ages

    The Earth’s climate has been quite stable over the past 11,000 years, playing an important role in the development of human civilisation. Prior to that, the Earth experienced an ice age lasting for tens of thousands of years. The global average temperature was around 4C cooler during the last ice age than it is today. There is a real risk that, if emissions continue to rise, the world warms more this century than it did between the middle of the last ice age 20,000 years ago and today.

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    • Climate
    Posted on:  2016-01-18

    Analysis of "Scientists say human greenhouse gas emissions have canceled the next ice age"

    “The article presents an accurate account of recently published research which suggests that human-induced global warming will delay the onset of the next ice age by 50,000 years. The research supports the findings of several studies published over the past 15 years, and is consistent with the scientific consensus that human activity is changing the climate with very long-term consequences.”