Ice Age Site

The world had forgotten the taste of rain.

The Ice Age we know—the one with the Woolly Mammoth—is known as the , which began about 2.58 million years ago. But Earth has seen others that were far more severe. Ice Age

Technically, we are still in an Ice Age . While the word "Ice Age" often brings up images of woolly mammoths and frozen tundras, scientists define an ice age as any long period when Earth has permanent ice sheets at its poles—like Antarctica and Greenland. American Museum of Natural History The current Ice Age, known as the Quaternary Glaciation , began about 2.58 million years ago. ❄️ Major Glacial Periods Earth's history has seen at least five major ice ages The world had forgotten the taste of rain

Since the Industrial Revolution, we have pumped vast quantities of CO2 and methane into the atmosphere. The current level of CO2 (over 420 ppm) is the highest it has been in 3 million years—before the Quaternary truly intensified. Technically, we are still in an Ice Age