Glaciers and Ice Ages Geology The Earth Science

Glaciers and Ice Ages Geology The Earth Science

Glaciers and Ice Ages

Glaciers are slow-moving "rivers of ice", and they give some idea of what the Earth looked like during one of the Ice Ages.

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- Encyclopedia article outlines the theories used to explain the ice ages, and the effects of the interglacial periods.
- An interactive exploration of what northern England might have been like 50,000 years ago. Includes virtual tour, discoveries, quizzes and pictures.
- A museum exhibit explains what they are, and how and why they occur. Includes animation of the retreating ice in North America.
- Get the scoop on everything you wanted to know about glaciers.
- Learn what a glacier is, how it forms, and how frequently ice ages occur.
- Explains what ice ages are, and describes some of the animals that might have lived in Canada at the time.
- Outlines one possible explanation for the big change in climate that resulted in a cold period lasting thousands of years. Includes suggestions for finding out the evidence for this idea.
- Interesting facts about the ice ages are written like newspaper articles, with pictures showing how this history has been discovered. Includes details of what life was like for animals at the time.
- A interactive exercise that demonstrate different types of glaciers, how they form and flow.
- Features a summary of the sequence of events for the last 130,000 years, from the time the ice started melting.
- Briefly describes what caused them, how the ice built up, and what later made it melt.
- General introduction to glaciers, the Antarctic, and related topics in weather, climate, oceans, and geology, from Rice University.

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