Tag Archives: Glacial Periods

An artistic representation of Earth during the last glacial maximum of the current ice age, approximately 2 million years ago. Could this be a glimpse of Earth's future, possibly 50,000 years from now?
~50,000: The Future of Ice Ages – Analyzing Earth’s Climatic Changes

The onset of the next glacial period in our current ice age may be delayed due to minimal orbital changes and rising CO2 levels, potentially marking the end of the Quaternary ice age

A comparison between ice coverage in the northern hemisphere during the last glacial maximum around 20,000 years ago (top) and contemporary ice coverage in the northern hemisphere (bottom).
c. 10,000 BCE: Understanding the Quaternary Glaciation – The Current Ice Age

The Quaternary glaciation, the current ice age, began around 2.6 million years ago. Our present interglacial period, the Holocene epoch, started about 12,000 years ago. Influenced by Milankovic cycles and other factors, this period has [...]