Canada’s Last Laurentide Ice Remnant Grew for 2,000 Years Before Warming Reversed It, Study Suggests the Next Ice Age Was Cut Short
Nature World News | 10.11.2026 10:34
Earth may have quietly begun sliding toward its next ice age about 2,000 years ago, only for human-driven warming to reverse it in the 20th century, according to a new study in the journal Science. The evidence comes from the Barnes Ice Cap on Canada's Baffin Island, the last surviving piece of the vast ice sheet that once buried much of North America.
