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You mean "how can humans prevent another glaciation". We entered an ice age about 2.6 million years ago and are living in a warm period called an "interglacial". There are conflicting theories on what instigates a glaciation so there is, at the moment, no way of preventing another.

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Will there be another Ice Age in the future?

It is possible that there will be another ice age in the future, but it is expected to occur in hundreds of thousands or even millions of years from now due to natural climate cycles. Human-induced global warming is currently offsetting the cooling effects that would typically initiate an ice age.


Will we ever experience another Ice Age?

No one knows if earth will ever experience another ice age. It is possible though. With the pollution of the air and global warming taking slight effects, we may experience another ice age but there is highly unlikely that our generation will experience it. There is no evidence of an ice age in the future in the Bible. Although it is always possible.Using the normal definition of an ice age as an overall cold climatic time interspersed with glaciations and warmer interglacial periods, we are in a warmer period at the moment. The last ice age started about 2.6 million years ago and we are now in a warm interglacial period. Another glacial period is possible, though not a complete certainty in the far distant future.It depends, of course, if we are able to stop and reverse global warming.Yes of course, but unless humans do something extremely drastic, or something like a comet strikes, it won't be for tens of thousands of years.Yes, but also think about our green house gases the amounts are raising immensely in the atmosphere. It would cause a warming trend at first "global warming" and slowly fresh water ice in Iceland, Antarctica, and other places will start to melt and release into the ocean. When this happens it throws off the salinity content and the thermohaline conveyor belt which is the major currents of warm to cold water would be thrown off as well. When this happens winds and currents are confused and would end up causing another ice age, for instance 12,000 years ago this happened because of the conveyor belt.


Scientists believe that the Earth is presently overdue for an Ice Age?

While it is impossible to predict when the next ice age will occur with certainty, some scientists suggest that we are about due for another one based on historical patterns. However, human-induced climate change may affect the timing and severity of the next ice age.


How can man cause an ice age?

It is currently not possible for humans to directly cause an ice age. Ice ages are primarily influenced by natural factors such as changes in Earth's orbit and axial tilt over long time scales. While human activities contribute to climate change, including global warming, the extent to which these activities could potentially trigger an ice age remains uncertain.


How much of the Earth was covered in ice during the Ice Age?

During the Ice Age, approximately 30 of the Earth's surface was covered in ice.

Related Questions

What is another word for ice age?

another word for ice age it Pleistocene


Why do scientist think the you ice age encouraged age encouraged ancestral humans to spread across the earth?

Because of the Ice Age, Ancestral Humans or Neanderthals spread across the Earth in order to find a warmer place to live and a place with less harsh conditions. Another reason for the migration of Ancestral Humans is the fact that they were following their source of food, the Woolly Mammoth.


Could humans survive another ice age?

no we cant we would have no way 2 reproduce no medicine no farms no nothing so the awnser is no


How tall were humans during the ice age?

there were no humans in the ice ageNonsense, stone age modern humans lived on all the continents except antarctica and south America in the last ice age. It is hard to be certain of average height, that varies both with inheritance and diet.


How long has deforestation been around in Madagascar?

since ice age age ended and is still practised today to fulfill the needs of humans. its even due to shifting agriculture. since ice age age ended and is still practised today to fulfill the needs of humans. its even due to shifting agriculture. since ice age age ended and is still practised today to fulfill the needs of humans. its even due to shifting agriculture. since ice age age ended and is still practised today to fulfill the needs of humans. its even due to shifting agriculture.


What animal during the ice age ate the woolly mammoth?

Humans.


What group of the early humans lived during the ice age?

Idians


Homo sapiens that lived during the ice age was called what?

Cro-magnon or homo sapiens sapiens. By the end of the last ice age, we had evolved (as best we can tell) into the form we currently have.


During the Ice Age animals and humans traveled?

to wherever food was available


During the Ice Age animals and humans traveled where?

To wherever food was available.


What is another name for ice age?

Frozen era?


What is another name for an ice age?

Frozen era?