ice age?

[munch]

so for my Natural Disasters course today i watched a video from the Miracle Planet series...Riddle's of Sand and Ice i believe?

anyways, alot of the things discussed in the movie seemed like a load of crap, but it was interesting nonetheless. apparently, many of Earth's landforms had their origins in the Ice Age when the movement of ice picked up debris such as rocks and then when the ice receded, it ultimately left these boulder sized rocks as part of the landscape. markings and grooves such as those often seen on rocks are also a result of the passing of ice through these rocks...talk about monumental strength.

also, interestingly, in europe sometimes the snow isn't white but rather pink due to red sand sediments that are picked up all the way from the Sahara Desert.

anyways, just curious how everyone feels about the notion that we'll experience another Ice Age...

[15-20_God]

global warming will take care of the next ice age.

[wushumasterku]

global warming will take care of the next ice age.

i was thinking about this too..
icebergs near the north pole are slowly disappearing due to warmer temp, is this correct?

[cipher]

It won't matter...by the time the next ice age arrives, the people of today will be long gone.

[Tiberius]

"We" won't experience another ice age. The timeline involved is such that it won't impact me - at least not in this life!

The chances of an ice age impacting mankind as we know it today are about as high as us having to deal with dinosaurs re-appearing through evolution from a lizard. The timeline involved just doesn't warrant concern/preparation/etc. for an ice age. Sure, it will happen again... so will massive earthquakes, land falling into the oceans along fault lines.. new MOUNTAINS thrusting up from the ground along fault lines... it all happens... just... verrrrrrrry.... slowwwwwwwwww... lyyy.....

The last ice age created most of the land and water formations we see around us though, so understanding ice ages is still useful information.

[cipher]

People who would like to experience what another ice age would be like should come to Winnipeg in January or February.

[wushumasterku]

aside,
our moon is also slowly leaving/orbitting away from the earth

[MizTEcK]

as ice melt from arctic it wont make the sea level rise... its the ice from the mountains that will make the water rise, but there arent enough to make it that way.. =\ if u dont believe me, put 2 ice cubes in a cup fill it all the way to the top, like to the rim, and wait till the ice to melt, it wont leak out

[FuNPoLiCe001]

anyone here read the HAB Theory?

[wali]

In toronto ice age will start by the end of October and finish by early May.

On a serious note, yes, as a matter of fact the great lakes were formed during the last ice age. Once ontario was another a mile high glacier.

[JimG]

as ice melt from arctic it wont make the sea level rise... its the ice from the mountains that will make the water rise, but there arent enough to make it that way.. =\ if u dont believe me, put 2 ice cubes in a cup fill it all the way to the top, like to the rim, and wait till the ice to melt, it wont leak out

That's only applies to the arctic because the ice cap is "floating" in the water. There's solid land under the ice in antarctica, so if that melts, global water levels would rise.

[gh05t]

Ah Glaciation, I remember it well. No not living in the Ice Age. But Physical Geography and all the interesting landforms as a result of them.

Global warming or not, the Ice Age can just be a part of the cycle of the Earth as a palnet and in it's relation to ther planets and the sun.

Global warming and Greenhouse gases might just hasten it's onset.

[corrupt123]

also, interestingly, in europe sometimes the snow isn't white but rather pink due to red sand sediments that are picked up all the way from the Sahara Desert.

yep. i was there last summer, or maybe it was the summer before. anyways, it's was mad hot. 35+ degrees before humidity for 2 weeks straight because of all the warm air from the sahara. the air also held a vary faint yellowish haze.