Tag Archives: Ice Ages

The Anglian Glaciation

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Clive Best

I seem to have returned to an old obsession. Tying to understand the underlying causes and timings of ice ages is as frustrating as it is fascinating. By far the largest glaciation that occurred over Britain was 480,000 years ago in what geologists call the ‘Anglian’ … Continue reading →

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Next Ice delayed?

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Clive Best

A new paper led by Potsdam authors has received much publicity because it claims that human emissions will delay the next ice age for 100,000y. This is based on model simulations which predict another glacial period starting naturally only in … Continue reading →

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Does Gaia end Ice Ages?

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Clive Best

Orbital changes to solar radiation inside the Arctic circle alone are insufficient to end all ice ages.  A new paper by Ralf Ellis proposes an elegant solution to the mystery of how ice ages terminate. Life itself could provide the ultimate … Continue reading →

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