Category Archives: Ice Ages

When is the next Ice Age due ?

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Clive Best

According to Emily Shuckburgh and Prof. Erik Wolf in a letter to the Times , the next Ice Age is not expected for another 50,000 years. Their claim seems to be based on a 2016 paper in Nature by Andrey Ganopolski, … Continue reading →

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Mid Pliocene Warm Period

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Clive Best

Is the warm period in the Mid Pliocene analogous to today’s warming climate? If so can we use it to infer future temperature rise? This is what Wikipedia says: The mid Pliocene warm period is considered a potential analog of … Continue reading →

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Does Antarctica initiate glaciations?

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Clive Best

Attempts to explain the last million years of glacial cycles have concentrated mainly on the growth of Northern Ice sheets. Traditionally the summer insolation at 65N is thought to control the growth and extent of ice sheets, with interglacials coinciding … Continue reading →

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