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The present ice age began about 2.6 million years ago and it has not ended yet.

We are in a warm period within an ice age.

The last glaciation started about 110,000 years ago and ended about 10,000 years ago.

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What year did the ice age end?

The present ice age has not ended, it started about 2.58 million years ago and we are living in an interglacial, (warm), period.


All of the following may help begin an ice age EXCEPT .?

Increased levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are unlikely to help begin an ice age as they contribute to warming the planet, not cooling it. Other factors that could help begin an ice age include changes in Earth's orbit, volcanic eruptions, and decreases in solar radiation.


The most recent ice age ended how many years ago?

The last glacial period is sometimes colloquially referred to as the 'last ice age'. But the use of 'ice age' is incorrect. Glacials, on the other hand, refer to colder phases within an ice age that separate interglacials. The end of the last glacial period is not the end of the last ice age. The end of the last glacial period was about 10,500 BCE, while the end of the last ice age has not yet come.


When will the current ice age end?

The current ice age is known as the Quaternary Ice Age and is ongoing. We are currently in an interglacial period within this ice age, which began around 2.6 million years ago. It is difficult to predict when the current ice age will end as it is a natural geological process that operates on a much larger time scale than human activities.


When did the ice age begin and end?

The present ice age started about 2.58 million years ago and it is still with us. There are warm periods within ice ages we call interglacials and we are living in one right now.

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Is the ice age going to begin in 2010?

No because it is 2011 now and there was no ice age then


What year did the age end?

The present ice age has not ended, it started about 2.58 million years ago and we are living in an interglacial, (warm), period.


What year did the ice age end?

The present ice age has not ended, it started about 2.58 million years ago and we are living in an interglacial, (warm), period.


When did last ice age end?

The last ice age ended 100 000 years ago.


All of the following may help begin an ice age EXCEPT .?

Increased levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are unlikely to help begin an ice age as they contribute to warming the planet, not cooling it. Other factors that could help begin an ice age include changes in Earth's orbit, volcanic eruptions, and decreases in solar radiation.


Begin inch chapel elastic cellar arisen end?

Ice.


The most recent ice age ended how many years ago?

The last glacial period is sometimes colloquially referred to as the 'last ice age'. But the use of 'ice age' is incorrect. Glacials, on the other hand, refer to colder phases within an ice age that separate interglacials. The end of the last glacial period is not the end of the last ice age. The end of the last glacial period was about 10,500 BCE, while the end of the last ice age has not yet come.


When will the current ice age end?

The current ice age is known as the Quaternary Ice Age and is ongoing. We are currently in an interglacial period within this ice age, which began around 2.6 million years ago. It is difficult to predict when the current ice age will end as it is a natural geological process that operates on a much larger time scale than human activities.


When did the ice age begin and end?

The present ice age started about 2.58 million years ago and it is still with us. There are warm periods within ice ages we call interglacials and we are living in one right now.


When did Ireland become an island?

at the end of the ice age


End of Ice Age?

No, I don't think so! Not yet!


Approximately when was the end of the last ice age?

The end of the last ice age, also known as a glacial period, was around 12,000 years ago. It began around 10,500 BCE.