[charli (OP)]

Listener Allyson asks:

"Will there be another ice age?
If so, is global warming postponing it?
If not is Earth only getting warmer from here?"

[Zer0]

Hello Allyson!
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Thanks for your Question.

Though, the Question seems small & simple...
I'm afraid the answer would be quite long & broad.
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I personally would need a lil time & Alot of reading & facts checking to do.
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(Hope somebody else figures this out, before i have to)

Your Patience would be much Appreciated!
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P.S. - Being Patient isn't about simply waiting...rather it's the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.
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[alancalverd]

The history of global temperature over the last 500,000 years or so is a series of very rapid warmings followed by slow cooling, the whole cycle taking about 100,000 years. Right now we are in a particularly rapid warming so it is unlikely, based on past evidence, that there will be another ice age for at least 50,000 years.
 

[Zer0]

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[evan_au]

One of the drivers of ice ages is the Milankovitch cycle, which describes oscillations within the orbits of the planets, lasting 10,000 - 100,000 years. They suggest that there will probably be another ice age, some time.

But they are not the only factor. The distribution of the continents, and the collapse of ice sheets have been identified as contributing factors to Earth's climate.

Human activities have increased the temperature of the planet to a measurable degree, so we are:
- Accelerating any warming which would have happened anyway
- Slowing any cooling which would have happened anyway

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milankovitch_cycles

[acsinuk]

In the 1950's there were 2.5 billion people world wide now there are 7.8 billion.  We all need to breath, grow and eat food, eat meat, keep warm, build houses and drive cars.
So there is 3 times as much CO2 in the air now than then which could have resulted in global warming.
The ice-core sampling at the poles may be able to tie up with archaeological  records to confirm some; possibly delayed;  ice ages developing in periods when there are very few mammals and humans about.

[alancalverd]

ice ages developing in periods when there are very few mammals and humans about.

And a lot more CO2.

[Bored chemist]

In the 1950's there were 2.5 billion people world wide now there are 7.8 billion.  ...
So there is 3 times as much CO2 i

That's not how it works.
Did you consider finding out what you were talking about before posting?

[Origin]

ice ages developing in periods when there are very few mammals and humans about.

That is not accurate.

[Rocky6419]

Hi everyone;
              Yes, by the recent researches the next ice age would usually start within 1400 years.