Why are there no glaciers in Britain today?

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Why are there no glaciers in Britain today?

Why are there no glaciers in Britain today? We know that there are features and alndforms shaped by glacier but in Britain there are no glaciers today? Why?

2006-11-12 03:42:13 · 2 answers · asked by ... 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography

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The main reason is simply that the temperature is too high to maintain them. Glaciers melt in warmer climes. Even the glaciers of Antarctica, the Arctic and the world's greatest mountain peaks are melting in the current warming climate.

The glaciers of ice-age Britain had no chance when the global temperature rose at the end of that period.

2006-11-12 04:42:56 · answer #1 · answered by the last ninja 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋

Continental shift and slight change in the earth's tilt are perhaps the most significant reasons.

2006-11-12 03:50:32 · answer #2 · answered by bailingwirewillfixit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋