Ok.
We all know about global warming.
Well if global warming continues and the polar ice caps melt and stop the ocean's convayerbelt thing-a-ma-jig, we'll plumit into the next ice age (bye bye global warming. Hello global freezin-our-butts-off)
What are the numbers? If global waming continues to increase, how soon will the next ice age be here? Will it be within our life time? Later? SOONER?! WHEN?!
Also, how would we adapt? Would we all move to the equator? How many people would die? What about animals? Would we see an increase in animals able to survive in cold weather? (Deer, bears, wolves, etc)
Would we see animals from the last ice age return? I dont think we'll see any mammoths...but will bears get bigger (to the size of cave bears) and what about deer will they be like those giant deer? and will wolves become like dire wolves? And in the case of mammoths.Would elephants adapt to the cold and be the new mammoths?Will rhinos grow thick coats and be the whollyrhinos?
2007-09-24 12:01:19 · 10 answers · asked by supermanpj4444 2 in Environment ➔ Global Warming
Wow! You remind me of Carl Sagan who said that the oil well fires after the first gulf war would cause nuclear winter.
Everyone believed it would happen, after all, the consensus wasn't as smart or sharp as Dr. Sagan.
So what happened? Nothing....
Will we enter in a new ice age, no...... Nothing is going to happen.
2007-09-24 13:46:17 · answer #1 · answered by Dr Jello 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Global Warming is fake. Global climate change, which is not able to be altered by humans, is what is happening. We are not currently on the brink of and ice age, but the truth is that they do happen from time to time. Oh, and think about this. If the ice caps melt what will happen? You might think that the sea will overflow, well you are dead wrong. Think about this. Put ice in a glass, then fill it to the brim with water. Wait about an hour and go back and see that the water did not overflow.
You may think, well yeah the ice displaced the water, but in the ice caps the ice is above the water. Well, it seems God planned this whole thing out. What happens to water when it freezes? IT EXPANDS. When it melts, it contracts (shrinks). It shrinks at the exact ratio as the ice that is above to what is under. 10:90. All the ice could melt and nothing would happen to the sea level.
The only effect would be less fresh drinking water.
2007-09-25 09:52:28 · answer #2 · answered by Robert T 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I remember walking to school in the 70's when I was 6/7 years old. The snow was really deep in the winter-and it lasted. Starting in November, right through to February. In 76' it was the longest, hottest summer I remember!. The two don't go hand-in-hand if there was Global warming, or, climate change. Today, it seems the Governments of the world are quickly making lots of money for some impending doom scenario that they do not wish to share. If we are to be struck down, our civilisations on the brink of returning to the stone-age, then why put up taxes!?. Why don't they let us spend what we have now!?. Let us enjoy our selves, and make tax concessions for the poor. And not means tested!. Anyone left to moan or whine should be given community service to help the disadvantaged and not the hangers-on!!!.
2016-05-17 22:04:00 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Huh?
You say that "if global warming continues and the polar ice caps melt and stop the ocean's convayerbelt thing-a-ma-jig, we'll plumit into the next ice age."
Would you care to explain how this will happen?
There appears to be ample evidence that global warming will accelerate. As more ice melts, there will be less to reflect the sun, and the darker oceans will absorb more energy and warm further. Frozen methane trapped in the permafrost will be released and add to the greenhouse gasses already in the atmosphere, further contributing to the warming.
Most of the models suggest that warming will continue unabated. Your premise needs some explanation.
2007-09-24 12:35:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Bob was sort of right. Ice ages come about every 100,000 years or so. Look at the following chart paying attention that now is to the left and look at the bottom chart.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milankovitch_cycle
As you can see, we are very near the top of the expected warming cycle. The warming is much faster than the expected cooling so a future ice age shouldn't happen anytime soon. Bob was sort of right in that the coldest of the ice age shouldn't happen for 80,000 years assuming the cycle repeats. It does get pretty cold long before then however.
2007-09-24 13:06:34 · answer #5 · answered by JimZ 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Most climate scientists do not expect GW to stop the Gulf Stream heat conveyor. Even if it did, that would not bring on an ice age, it would mostly affect northern Europe.
2007-09-24 12:43:01 · answer #6 · answered by cosmo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If Global Warming continues unchecked there won't be any more ice ages. The last time it got as warm as it is getting everything died except the single celled green plants in the ocean. So don't buy stock in snow cones or anything.
2007-09-24 12:24:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
The last ice age ended about 20,000 years ago.
They come at about 100,000 year intervals these days. The next one isn't due for 80,000 years.
If global warming disrupts ocean currents (possible) some areas may cool down. But it's more likely they'll just warm less.
In any event, it won't trigger a worldwide ice age.
2007-09-24 12:15:40 · answer #8 · answered by Bob 7 · 3⤊ 4⤋
If we continue to consume the things we do in our daily life it will be within the next 100 years scientists are predicting.
We are killing our planet by car pollution, factory chemicals, pollution, garbage, please please please recycle and help conserve energy. Every KW matters.
2007-09-24 12:32:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
:(
screw global warming
lameness.....
2007-09-24 14:12:53 · answer #10 · answered by Rachel G 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋