Thursday 29 March 2012

Do you know about the Ice Age in 2100.?

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Over its history, Earth has had at least four major ice ages, during which the planet's average temperature cooled significantly. Lower temperature caused the polar ice caps to become thicker and broader, spreading over the portions of the continents and locking up much of the planet's water supply in ice. Some say we are now in warming period and that the ice caps will melt before temperature cools again.

But what if the opposite is true.? What if we were in a cooling period and about to enter another ice age.? Soon you and your friends will be in charge of the world. What would you do if the ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland were due to increase dramatically in the next five years.? Currently, 29% of the Earth is land, and 71% is water. Only 10% of the water is ice. This figure could increase to as much as 25%.

Some changes can be predicted immediately: the sea level will fall, creating more land area but reducing the water supply. Temperature will be much colder and for longer period of time. Glaciers will form and spread once again. But what do these changes mean for life on Earth.? How will human life be affected.? Better we have to find out,  which is not yet find the solution...        

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