"The prediction is that the next ice age will begin within the next 10,000 years," Barker, a professor of Earth science at Cardiff ... "If CO2 stays high, you won't get a new glaciation," Barker ...

At the end of the last Ice Age, around 10,000 years ago, the melting of massive glaciers may have done more than just raise ...

If these patterns hold true, the next ice age could arrive ... Ice ages begin when Earth’s axial tilt (obliquity) decreases, reducing the amount of summer sunlight at high latitudes.

Because the major changes in Earth's ice masses occurred in the Northern ... Annals of Glaciology 35, 19-24 (2002). NGRIP Members. High-resolution record of Northern Hemisphere climate extending ...