Planet Earth: Avoiding The Hothouse And The Icehouse Of The Future
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 09:28
in Earth & Climate
By controlling emissions of fossil fuels we may be able to greatly delay the start of the next ice age, new research concludes. From an Earth history perspective, we are living in cold times. The greatest climate challenge mankind has faced has been surviving ice ages that have dominated climate during the past million years.