Are We Still in the Last Ice Age ?

[Monroe]

Are We Still in the Last Ice Age ???

Climate change just a hoax for some to get very rich. I don't buy into global warming on a large scale ... the Earth gets cold then hot and cold again. Over a span of a person's lifetime ... 60 to 80 years, which is nothing, it could be hot, it could be cold or in the middle. A lot of 'hucksters' got very rich or getting rich pushing this junk. They will die off (not soon enough!) and new ones will pop up talking all this nonsense again for another generation. Most of the dumbbells have never worked a day in their life and live off the population dumb enough to listen to them. It's all being part of the Earth and when certain events happen. Unfortunately we don't live long enough to experience everything ... it may be hot for most of our life or maybe cooler. A volcano or several may erupt and change the climate for a time, as happened in 1816. It's the luck of the draw when we are born to spend a few years on Earth.

Some scientists think we are still coming out of the last Ice Age.

https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/earth/ask-a-scientist-about-our-environment/how-did-the-ice-age-end

Geologist Ro Kinzler answers this question:

When and how did the ice age end? Could another one start?

It turns out that we are most likely in an "ice age" now. So, in fact, the last ice age hasn't ended yet!

Scientists call this ice age the Pleistocene Ice Age. It has been going on since about 2.5 million years ago (and some think that it's actually part of an even longer ice age that started as many as 40 million years ago).
melting icicles

We are probably living in an ice age right now! But Earth's climate doesn't stay cold during the entire ice age.

The curious thing about ice ages is that the temperature of Earth's atmosphere doesn't stay cold the entire time. Instead, the climate flip-flops between what scientists call "glacial periods" and "interglacial periods."

Glacial periods last tens of thousands of years. Temperatures are much colder, and ice covers more of the planet.

On the other hand, interglacial periods last only a few thousand years and the climate conditions are similar to those on Earth today. We are in an interglacial period right now. It began at the end of the last glacial period, about 10,000 years ago.

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... then there's the 'Little Ice Age' ... commonly applied to the broader period 1300 - 1850. The Little Ice Age followed the Medieval Warming Period (roughly 900 - 1300 ce) and preceded the present period of warming that began in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

https://www.britannica.com/science/Little-Ice-Age

Then this story from 1816 but caused by a volcano eruption in 1815 ...

1816 - The Year Without Summer (U.S. National Park Service)

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/1816-the-year-without-summer.htm

Remembering Vermont's 6-inch snowstorm in June 1816.

https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2022/06/08/remembering-vermont-june-snowstorm-1816/7544554001/

Predicting Snow for the Summer of 1816

https://www.almanac.com/predicting-snow-summer-1816

 

Would you welcome snow in the middle of summer? Here’s a peculiar prediction: A July forecast of 'rain, hail, and snow' mistakenly appeared in The 1816 Old Farmer’s Almanac.

Enjoy this oldie but goodie:

Robert B. Thomas, the Almanac’s founder, recalled the books and had new ones printed, but news of that forecast had gotten out. He became the subject of much ridicule - until July brought rain, hail, and snow throughout New England!

I always kept my eye out for copies of the 1816 edition. When I occasionally find one, in some antiques shop or sent to me by a reader, I immediately turn to the July and August calendar pages to see whether they contain the famous snow forecasts Thomas supposedly made for that summer.

1816, the Year Without Summer

https://historicipswich.net/2025/06/25/1816-the-year-without-summer/

The year 1816 was known as 'The Cold Year' and 'The Year Without a Summer'. In our area, it was called 'Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death' and 'the Summer of Mittens'.

Throughout New England, there was frost in every month of the year. The winter had been normal, but in April and May, the cold never went away. Trees remained leafless and brown, and oak trees failed to grow at all, deducible from the missing growth ring for that year. Small migratory birds died, their bodies littering the fields. The sky was hazy with a sulfurous tinge.

On June 5, a heat wave raised the temperature in Ipswich to 92°, but that afternoon a cold front swept across New England and the temperature fell to 43° by the next morning. For the next four days, there were severe frosts along the Eastern seaboard, and snow was recorded in some locations. By the 9th of June, ice began to form on water left standing outside overnight. Rapid, dramatic temperature swings continued throughout the summer.

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[NotHereToPlayGames]

Agreed.  But the problem is that "indoctrinating" people is VERY EASY and once indoctrinated, there is no such thing as "open debate".

When folks have to resort to cuss words, name calling, and throwing bricks through windows to "be heard", you know there will never ever be a real "conversation" ever again.

[NullEntity]

May i ask nicely what peer-reviewed sources do you have that prove the earth isn't doing anything?

[NotHereToPlayGames]

I am assuming that question was directed to @Monroe.

I for one am not and have not claimed that the "earth isn't doing anything" (I'm not exactly sure what that even means, specifically.)

My perspective is one of "conservation".  Sure, my old vehicle only gets 28 miles to the gallon.

BUT you have to factor in the Whole Picture.  I only have to fill the tank SEVEN times in an ENTIRE YEAR.

My neighbor owns a Prius.  Another neighbor is dating a guy that owns a Tesla.

BOTH of them drive OVER AN HOUR one way to and from work.

The Prius is a hybrid and she has to fill the gas tank AT LEAST once a week.

I don't know anything about the Tesla guy.

But I use that Prius as the PERFECT example.

You tell me, is my SEVEN fillups per YEAR "bad" for the environment compared to his FIFTY TWO AT LEAST ???

[NullEntity]

24 minutes ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

I am assuming that question was directed to @Monroe.

I for one am not and have not claimed that the "earth isn't doing anything" (I'm not exactly sure what that even means, specifically.)

My perspective is one of "conservation".  Sure, my old vehicle only gets 28 miles to the gallon.

BUT you have to factor in the Whole Picture.  I only have to fill the tank SEVEN times in an ENTIRE YEAR.

My neighbor owns a Prius.  Another neighbor is dating a guy that owns a Tesla.

BOTH of them drive OVER AN HOUR one way to and from work.

The Prius is a hybrid and she has to fill the gas tank AT LEAST once a week.

I don't know anything about the Tesla guy.

But I use that Prius as the PERFECT example.

You tell me, is my SEVEN fillups per YEAR "bad" for the environment compared to his FIFTY TWO AT LEAST ???

sorry for using that phrasing i wasnt sure how to phrase it just was curious is all

[EliraFriesnan]

6 hours ago, NullEntity said:

sorry for using that phrasing i wasnt sure how to phrase it just was curious is all

Never mind, ignore those non-English! They have terrible difficulties understanding. You don't have to apologise for your legit, on topic questions!

 

10 hours ago, NullEntity said:

May i ask nicely what peer-reviewed sources do you have that prove the earth isn't doing anything?

Of course, the earth isn't doing anything, it's constantly trying to get rid of the filth by creating storms, hurricanes, using the polar air recently, but is it enough? Will it get back to the Stone Age?

[EliraFriesnan]

17 hours ago, Monroe said:

Climate change just a hoax for some to get very rich.

I'm not rich in the sense you mean, I clearly have no agenda, nevertheless, I personally observe the global warming affecting my country. Rather recently, the same observation was made by @D.Draker, and what about the winters in your region? How do they feel like, with all these years passing by? You don't have to tell us the exact location. We already understand you're a native English speaker, in contrast to some others. Thank you.

[Karla Sleutel]

9 hours ago, EliraFriesnan said:

Stone Age?

Did you mean Ice Age?

This winter in my region is very dry! The previous ones I spent in Denmark, they were warmer than usual.Summers in Denmark also became hotter. I can personally confirm the below!

"Summers in Denmark have become hotter due to climate change, with average temperatures rising significantly over the years. The summer of 2024 was recorded as the warmest on record in Europe, highlighting the increasing frequency and intensity of heatwaves in the region. copernicus.eu climatechangepost.com"

 

 

[NotHereToPlayGames]

6 hours ago, EliraFriesnan said:

I'm not rich in the sense you mean

He was referring to billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Al Gore, Bill Gates.
Individuals that have carbon footprints that are larger than some entire countries.
I'm mixed on this.  Part of me sees it as a form of "see below", part of me sees it as they have so much money, they need to spend it on something, so why not spend it on "good causes".
First part-of-me would suggest they went "rags to riches" *BECAUSE* they are climate activists.
Second part-of-me would suggest they are ALREADY billionaires, they can't spend it fast enough, so spend it on something that is a "good cause" *AND* increases their POPULARITY.

The "see below" aspect.
You have to consider how things are done in the "philanthropic culture" of the USA.
It is GIGANTICALLY common to use THIRD WORLD SCENERY to get people to DONATE to CAUSES.
Like a third-world baby that needs medical attention.  "If this child tugs at your heart, SEND US MONEY so we can help this child."
Like a third-world grandma with no food and a pot of MUD, *literally*, on the stove.  "If this tugs at your heart, SEND US MONEY so we can help this grandma."
Like a DOG (man's best friend) with only three legs, SHIVERING in the snow, visible rib cage.  "If this tugs at your heart, SEND US MONEY so we can help this homeless dog."

Climate change "requests for money" are done the same way here in the US.
Scare tactics, fearmongering, theoretical apocalyptic visions of a future desert wasteland if we don't ACT *NOW* - "If this tugs at your heart, SEND US MONEY so we can prevent this."

[NotHereToPlayGames]

Then report after report of how the MONEY that we sent them, FOR A GOOD CAUSE, did nothing but "fill their pockets", buy them a luxury mansion, a gigantic yacht, and multiple luxury cars.

But hey, the mere ACT of SENDING the money gave a nice "warm fuzzy feeling" and boosted my ego into being "better than" anybody that did NOT donate money to the "cause".

[NotHereToPlayGames]

I'll add this.  If you approve of billionaires spending billions on climate change initiatives, you really should think twice about ever referring to Microsoft as M$.

Bill Gates has spent $2 billion just since 2015 towards climate change, so pat yourself on the back for buying Windows and the profits going toward a "good cause".