Ice Ages

No, during the ice age the ocean levels were actually lower than they are today. This is because a significant amount of water was locked up in glaciers and ice sheets on land, leading to lower sea levels.

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It depends on the area. As the ice sheet moved backwards it melted and water flowed from underneath it producing an 'out wash plain'. In North American, these areas are seen as flat wide areas. The are also called the Great Plains.

As they continued to move back and melt more, very large ice berg shaped pieces would break off the face (calving). The large ice pieces would remain behind. The sheet would continue to move back and water containing sand, gravel and boulders would flow around those ice bergs.

Many of these ice bergs would be so large that they formed large deep lakes surrounded by moraines. These moraine would be filled with that gravel, rocks and sand. The lakes are called kettles as they remind people of very large cooking pots.

This area is very hilly with many lakes (large and small). There are still places where the moraines are removed and the sand and gravel is sold for building material like cement.

Further back, the mountains that were once there had been ground down and that material became the sand, gravel and rocks. The mountains themselves were not like the Alps or the Rockies any more but what we call the Appalachians.

Earth's precession is believed to be one of the contributing factors to the ice ages, but it is not the sole cause. The most recent ice age, known as the Quaternary glaciation, began around 2.6 million years ago and ended approximately 11,700 years ago. This glacial-interglacial cycle was influenced by a combination of factors, including variations in Earth's orbit, tilt, and precession, as well as changes in atmospheric composition.

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There have been around eight ice ages in the last million years, with each ice age lasting for tens of thousands of years. These ice ages were characterized by the expansion of glaciers and ice sheets over large portions of the Earth's surface, resulting in cooler temperatures and lower sea levels.

The estimated age of the Earth is approximately 4.54 billion years old. This age is determined through radiometric dating of rocks and meteorites, which provides insight into the formation of our planet.

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Two key pieces of evidence that led to the discovery of how an ice age can happen are the study of ice cores, which provide a record of past climate conditions, and the identification of Milankovitch cycles, which are variations in Earth's orbit and axial tilt that can influence climate over long periods of time. These pieces of evidence helped scientists better understand the mechanisms that can trigger ice ages.

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The most recent ice age, known as the Last Glacial Maximum, occurred around 20,000 years ago. During this time, large ice sheets covered much of North America, Europe, and Asia, leading to lower global temperatures and sea levels. Human populations adapted to the cold by migrating to warmer regions and developing new technologies for survival.

As Earth exits an ice age, temperatures gradually increase, resulting in the melting of ice sheets and glaciers. This process leads to rising sea levels, changes in ocean circulation patterns, and the expansion of vegetation zones as the climate warms. Additionally, the release of trapped greenhouse gases from permafrost and ocean sediments can contribute to further warming.

During the ice ages, a significant amount of water from the Earth's oceans was locked up in glaciers and ice sheets on land, resulting in a lower sea level. This process, known as glaciation, occurred as climate conditions favored the accumulation of ice on the continents rather than in the oceans.

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they occur as part of natural climate cycles caused by changes in Earth's orbit, tilt, and precession. These variations affect how sunlight is distributed on Earth's surface, leading to long-term changes in temperature and ice volume. The theory helps explain the periodicity of ice ages over geological time scales.

Precession refers to the slight wobble in Earth's axis as it spins, which affects how sunlight is distributed on the planet's surface. This wobble can influence the timing and intensity of seasons, potentially playing a role in the onset and duration of ice ages. The combination of precession, axial tilt, and orbital eccentricity can lead to changes in the Earth's climate over long periods of time, impacting glaciation patterns.

Sea levels were 300 feet lower than they are now.

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More of the earths water was frozen

During the Ice Age, ocean levels were lower than they are now due to the amount of water being locked up in glaciers and ice sheets on land. As these ice sheets melted, they released water back into the oceans, causing sea levels to rise.

A land bridge connected Siberia and Alaska.

The last ice sheets retreated at the end of the last ice age, known as the Pleistocene epoch, around 11,700 years ago. This marked the transition to the current interglacial period, known as the Holocene epoch.

Cambrian Explosion. This was a period about 541 million years ago when a diverse array of complex multicellular organisms appeared in the fossil record, marking a significant increase in biodiversity.

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