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Last Ice Age took just 6 months to arrive

Posted on Monday, 30 November, 2009 | 13 comments

New research has suggested that the last Ice Age took only 6 months to turn a warm and sunny Europe to become engulfed in ice, 20 times quicker than previous estimates of up to 10 years.

It took just six months for a warm and sunny Europe to be engulfed in ice, according to new research. Previous studies have suggested the arrival of the last Ice Age nearly 13,000 years ago took about a decade - but now scientists believe the process was up to 20 times as fast.

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#9 Posted by questionmark on 30 November, 2009, 18:09
That the Nibblers put the mammoth into their freezer until their boss decided he liked whale better?

#10 Posted by KennyB on 30 November, 2009, 18:24
I guess if the Anunnaki decided it was time for the mega-mammals to be gone, this was as good a way as any. After all, this is their planet, they can do with it as they please. KennyB

#11 Posted by questionmark on 30 November, 2009, 18:25
You are so predictable.

#12 Posted by Br Cornelius on 1 December, 2009, 5:03
Before people start crowing about this been proof that climate change is hockum, it has been well understood that this could happen and very rapidly - as a direct consequence of Global Climate Change. Its all about the Gulf Stream and the Fresh water from the poles melting. The only new informatio...

#13 Posted by danielost on 1 December, 2009, 6:58
yes it must have gotten really cold. don't know how hot a mammoths normal temp was. but humans lose 1 degree per hour until they hit about 65 degrees, then the body stops losing heat. humans have very little fat in comparision to a mammoth and lack the fur. please the food would also hav...

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