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Q: Where are the vast ice sheets and glaciers found on the earth today?
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Today glaciers are found on all continents?

Australia has no glaciers currently, though it had some in past ages.


Today glaciers are found on all continents EXCEPT?

Australia.Australia


How do glaciers effect life today?

They shaped the earth and left good till for the soil.


Where are glaciers located today?

i nly kno 2 not three 1.) is Alaska and 2.) is Antarctica


What kind of glaciers are found in Montana today?

Montana has both Valley and Continental glaciers.


Why aren't glaciers on continents today?

Because we are currently in an interglacial period of geological history, primarily due to variations in the Earth's orbit.


Where are continental glaciers found today?

There are continental glaciers in and around the Arctic and Antarctic circles, and covering parts of Greenland and other polar region islands.


Would glaciers a thousand years ago be larger than they are today?

Yes they would be, since the Earth has moved closer to the sun over that period of time.


Where can Sodium be found today?

every where on earth But in quantity in the oceans as NaCl.


How are the continental and alpine glaciers different?

Alpine glaciers, even though they move, are confined to mountain valleys, which in most instances had previously been a stream valley. Continental ice sheets exist on a much larger scale. These huge masses flow out in all directions from one or more centers of the land. They cover the entire continent, hence the name, and extend out toward the sea. Only two exist today: Greenland and Antarctica.


How much of the world today is covered by glaciers?

10% of the world


When the earth warmed after the ice age,a major change happened it the way people?

All the answers are correct. They made many glaciers that are yet to melt and the also lowered the temperature that we have today