does anybody think there willbe another iceage soon?

Question

if you think so how soon?

Answer 1

Yes, maybe in 100-300 years, I don't know when. Because when the ice caps melt, the ocean will flood and the currents will stop and then the warm air from the south will stop reaching the north and pretty much anything higher than mexico will freeze.

Answer 2

Here a theory that I witnessed on Discovery Channel comes to mind. The belief is that global warming will melt the polar ice caps, and reduce the salinity, or saltiness, of the water. This will in turn shut down the Atlantic and Pacific ocean currents that carry warm/cold air around the world, and plunge the earth into a short ice age. Watch The Day After Tomorrow, or look around for theories on global warming, and you should get a better understanding of it. I don't know when the Discovery Channel show will come back on though. I strongly suppourt this theory, it may seem farfetched at first, but it is actually quite logical. I hope that I was able to help you out!

Answer 3

The problem is that what we call "global warming" is not global warming, but climat change.
We are not getting hotter: the seasons are changing. Winters are colder, summers are warmer.
The balance of climat on Earth depends on many factors. Should one change a little, and it could trigger a new ice age.
Think that only 0.5 degree increase in temperature of some part of the ocean will completely change the ocean's currents. Should the gulf stream change course, the Earth will be in trouble.
The risk is that changes are progressive for a long time, until they reach a certain limit: the whole equilibrium collapses and God knows what can happen.
We have played too much with our Earth. Its balance is now extremely vulnerable. So, yes, it will be another Ice Age. When?
Tomorrow or in 10,000 years. No one can predict it. When it will start, we will be unable to change anything. It will be too late!

Answer 4

Oddly enough, books written in the 1950s predicted that the ice age was upon us.

Now, however, release of greenhouse gases by mankind, and soot falling upon the otherwise reflective ice in the north and south, are contributing to a warming trend. The prediction is that the warming trend will continue, and greenhouse gases that are at present trapped in the permafrost in the north will be released. If that happens, then the next ice age might not come for another 60,000 years or so.

Answer 5

no the perma frost is melting too rapidly right now we have been having a warming trend since the 80's when El nino passed thru the united states...if you look at the weather news the last 20 yrs temps are on the rise

the more we destroy the rain forest and poulte the air we breath burning up fossil fuel the worse this is going to get


the hole in the ozone layer dosent help,,,it will only get bigger untill theres nothing left and the suns rays burn up the planet

Answer 6

Not anytime soon----the Earth is headed into a hot cycle right now--actually, has been since the end of the last iceage.

Answer 7

It is possible, but its probably more likely that we will have global warming, rather than global cooling, and because human activity has a huge effect on the ozone layer, with the use of CFC'S, HCFC's etc. Holes in the ozone layer can cause higher temperatures, an increase in Carbon Dioxide, and is a threat to human DNA and life.

Answer 8

if you could stop , and get off this little planet , maybe fly around the sun a few billion times , you would see that not only the last ice age , but also the next , and the one after that , are all happening , now.in all the whole solar system comes and goes in the blink of an eye , it is one tiny little heart beat of the universe , completely insignificant and utterly unreal.

Answer 9

November-December 2006 in some places, NY, Boston.
Others, January-February 2007.

Answer 10

With temps on the rise everywhere and the fact that we are loosing our winters and summers are lasting much longer, I don't foresee us going through an ice age, rather I see all of the vegitation and animals going hungry because of the extreme heat that will end up wiping out the earth.