Last Ice Age happened in less than year say scientistsBy Angus Howarth
02 August 2008
THE last ice age 13,000 years ago took hold in just one year, more than ten times quicker than previously believed, scientists have warned.
Rather than a gradual cooling over a decade, the ice age plunged Europe into the deep freeze, German Research Centre for Geosciences at Potsdam said.
Cold, stormy conditions caused by an abrupt shift in atmospheric circulation froze the continent almost instantly during the Younger Dryas less than 13,000 years ago – a very recent period on a geological scale.
FROM:
http://news.scotsman.com/world/Last-Ice-Age-happened-in.4351045.jp
Another good article to read about a past ice age is at:
http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/stanley_ambrose.php
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