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The same thing that caused the predictions of catastrophe due to acid rain in the 80's, the hole in the ozone layer in the 90's' and what's causing the predictions of catastrophe caused by 'man-made' global warming now: It's newsworthy, therefore there's money in it - and the wilder the theories, the more newsworthy and therefore profitable, it becomes. By the time everyone realises it never actually came true, the scientists who predicted it have either retired or died.
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What caused the Ice age to stop?
The Fire age.
Did the meteor that landed in the Arizona desert cause the ice age?
No, the meteorite that caused the Barringer Crater in Arizona landed about 50,000 years ago had nothing to do with the ice age. The present ice age started about 2.6 million years ago and the crater was formed mid-way during the last glaciation.
What caused the disappearance of the ice age?
The ice age hasn't disappeared, it is still with us. It started about 2.6 million years ago and we live in a warm period within the ice age called an interglacial period. The last glacial period ended about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago and we will return to another one eventually.
How was the ice age formed?
the ice age formed by collecting ice together
Who believes the flood caused an ice age?
Only those who are very religious believe in a flood because the only "evidence" for a world wide flood is in religious books and not in any reputable publications. As for a "flood" causing an ice age, again there is no reputable evidence for this.
What caused the Ice age to stop?
The Fire age.
What might have caused mass extinctions?
Ice age
Why did so many people migrate during the ice age?
The ice age caused the area between Russia and Alaska to freeze into ice that people could walk on but the Asian hunters also followed the bison to the Americas for food
How did the Ice Age affect lives?
The ice age affected living things because it caused living things to extinct.Also it made it hard for living things to survive.
How do scientistis think earths orbit relates to an ice age?
Changes in the earth's rotation can lead to an ice age. Scientists believe the earth's orbit and tilt caused the last ice age and may cause another one in the near future.
What caused the woolly mammoth to be extinct?
Either too much hunting caused the population to end, or the Ice Age was too cold for them.
What is a prediction for who will win a medal in ice hockey?
Sidney Crosby
What caused the Norse settlements in Greenland to die out during the last ice age?
They died out during a period of time known as the little ice age. Though not really an ice age, temperatures in northern Europe dropped enough to force the Norse to abandon Greenland.
Was the Canadian Shield caused by glaciers during the ice age?
The shape of the Canadian Shield was cause by glaciers and ice sheets during the many glaciations which have occurred during the last 2.6 million years of the present ice age.
What caused the extiction of the saber-toothed tiger?
Global climate change at the end of the last Ice Age.
What events and conditions in the new world almost caused the new colony to fail?
mini ice age
Why is the ice age called the ice age?
It was called the ice age because Europe and Asia were connected by the ice. Get it ice age.
