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Last Ice Age took just 6 months to arrive

By T.K. Randall
November 30, 2009 · Comment icon 13 comments

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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.


Source: Daily Mail | Comments (13)




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Comment icon #4 Posted by :PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: 15 years ago
That was about the time when they died out. Some can still be found in Siberia with fresh food in them. That fact is certainly a strong indication for thinking a rapid climate change occured.
Comment icon #5 Posted by danielost 15 years ago
something happened so quickly as to freeze whole mammoths before they could even start to decompose.
Comment icon #6 Posted by Jaygatz 15 years ago
Well if theres proof that there were mammoths and other animals with food in there stomachs, wouldn't that indicate more of an instantaneous freeze instead of something lasting 6 months LOL. Call me crazy but I don't think digestion takes 6 months hahahah!!
Comment icon #7 Posted by questionmark 15 years ago
Well if theres proof that there were mammoths and other animals with food in there stomachs, wouldn't that indicate more of an instantaneous freeze instead of something lasting 6 months LOL. Call me crazy but I don't think digestion takes 6 months hahahah!! No...but the same ice that killed the animal froze the food. All that really indicates is that it got very cold very fast (within 24 hours at the place the mammoth was found).
Comment icon #8 Posted by odiesbsc 15 years ago
And what else will new research find? It's amazing that some people that vehemently defend the status quo will defend the current scientific explanation as true. But we are finding things out year by year that contradicts that current scientific explantion. People call the people with open minds to this effect, crazy. So, where are you,Kenny B? Odie
Comment icon #9 Posted by questionmark 15 years ago
And what else will new research find? It's amazing that some people that vehemently defend the status quo will defend the current scientific explanation as true. But we are finding things out year by year that contradicts that current scientific explantion. People call the people with open minds to this effect, crazy. So, where are you,Kenny B? Odie That the Nibblers put the mammoth into their freezer until their boss decided he liked whale better?
Comment icon #10 Posted by KennyB 15 years ago
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
Comment icon #11 Posted by questionmark 15 years ago
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 You are so predictable.
Comment icon #12 Posted by 15 years ago
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 information is the amazing rapidity. There's nothing here to counter current climate change thinking. Br Cornelius
Comment icon #13 Posted by danielost 15 years ago
No...but the same ice that killed the animal froze the food. All that really indicates is that it got very cold very fast (within 24 hours at the place the mammoth was found). 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 have to freeze fast because acid doesn't/shouldn't require a living body to break down some of the food.


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