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The two main causes of ice ages are:
- reduction in greenhouse gasses in atmosphere
- dimming of the sun
There has been much debate among scientists which of these was the primary cause of different ice ages and which other secondary causes lengthened or shortened them.
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How was the ice age formed?
the ice age formed by collecting ice together
What land masses where covered with ice before the ice age?
None. The definition of an ice age is a time when there is ice at the poles.
What does the term Ice Age mean when it is capitalized?
Some also say: ice age = all of the ice ages (a general name). Ice Age = Pleistocene Glacial Epoch.
Why was more land exposed during the ice age than it is now?
A large proportion of Earth's surface water was in the form of ice and so sea levels dropped significantly.
Is the Earth in an ice age right now?
No, the Earth is not in an ice age right now. The last ice age ended about 10,000 years ago.
What helped form the fjords in Norway?
The ice age.
How did the ice age form?
Well, its big chunks of ice and does not melt for ages.
When did ice first form on earth?
Ice first formed on Earth from the first ice age.
When did the glaciers move southward form the north pole?
the ice age
Why didn't glaciers form in Canada during the last great ice age?
they did.
How did Ice Age form?
the ice age formed by the temperture of earths surface and atmosphere droping to very cold tempertures to the negatives freezing most of the worlds oceans
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.
How did lakes in the us and Canada form?
Glacial melt water from the last ice age.
What are all the names in ice age the movies?
Ice Age Ice Age: The Meltdown Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Ice Age: Continental Drift Ice Age: Collision Course
Homo sapiens that lived during the ice age was called what?
Homo sapiens who lived during the Ice Age are commonly referred to as Paleolithic humans or Early Modern Humans, depending on the time period within the Ice Age.
How many ice age films are therE?
3, ice age 1 ice age 2 and ice age dawn of the dinos.
Why you are in an ice age?
We are in an ice age because we have a great thickness of ice at the poles. This is not normal unless we are in an ice age.
