Small changes in insolation driven by changes in the Earth's orbit can push the planet into or
out of an ice age through the planet's «climate feedback» mechanisms.
Not exact matches
Generation after generation
of your ancestors, reaching back in time
through civilisations,
ice ages, an epic migration
out of Africa, to the very origin
of our species.
On this walk you will see an ancient landscape carved
out by receding glaciers
of the last
Ice Age, enjoy lunch beside a pristine lake and walk
through snowgum woodlands and colourful alpine meadows.
So, if it will take as long to pass
through the galactic spiral arms this time as it did 300 Ma ago, we have 25 to 50 Ma until we start to get
out of the current
ice age.
One World SA: Sustained global warming will wipe
out an uncountable number
of plant and animal species, says a new report based on a path - breaking study
of similar climatic changes
through the
ice age.