Scientists match Earth's ice age cycles with orbital shifts

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The Next Ice Age Is 10,000 Years Away, Or Is It?

For millions of years, Earth’s climate has been driven by natural cycles linked to its orbit, shifting between ice ages and warm interglacial periods. A new study has uncovered a clear, predictable pattern in these shifts, revealing that the next ice age should naturally begin in about 10,000 years. However, human activities — especially greenhouse [...]

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Roughly 11,000 years from now, if climate change doesn't disrupt the natural cycle. But he probably will.

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Scientists figure out when next ice age will happen -- except humans likely changed everything

By analyzing ancient climate records preserved in ocean sediments, researchers from Cardiff University, UC Santa Barbara, Alfred Wegener Institute, and University College London have identified how three specific orbital cycles control the timing of Earth's ice ages with remarkable precision. The post Scientists figure out when next ice age will happen — except humans likely changed everything appeared first on Study Finds.

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The next ice age should be in 10,000 years, but climate change could have upset Earth’s cycle

Credit: Matt Perko, UC Santa Barbara. Climatologists have matched small changes in the Earth’s orbit around the Sun over millions of years with ice age cycles. They have used this to predict when the next ice age is meant to take hold but say that anthropogenic climate change might have disrupted the cycle. Earth has followed a pattern of alternating ice ages (glacial period) and interglacial periods for the last 2.5 million years. The last glac…

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Next ice age would hit Earth in 11,000 years if it weren't for climate change, scientists say

Scientists have determined exactly how Earth's orbit and tilt affect glaciation and deglaciation, based on the length of these parameters' cycles and clues hidden at the bottom of the ocean.

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Scientists match Earth's ice age cycles with orbital shifts

Beginning around 2.5 million years ago, Earth entered an era marked by successive ice ages and interglacial periods, emerging from the last glaciation around 11,700 years ago. A new analysis suggests the onset of the next ice age could be expected in 10,000 years' time.