We're not. We were out of the Ice Age like...a while ago!

wrote:Glaciologically, ice age is often used to mean a period of ice sheets in the northern and southern hemispheres; by this definition we are still in an ice age (because the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets still exist).

However;

wrote:More colloquially, when speaking of the last few million years, ice age is used to refer to colder periods with extensive ice sheets over the North American and Eurasian continents: in this sense, the last ice age ended about 10,000 years ago.

So I guess it depends.... And Post, even at the height of the last ice age, it didn't get as far south as where you are.

It is in the 50's at my house, I want snow so I can go snowboarding.

I want it to snow so I can go sledding and throw random snowballs at people I know and other random people!!!

So, we're still in the Ice age. well, that's lovely.

Edit: why do we have dove advertisementys?

Gladstone wrote:

wrote:Glaciologically, ice age is often used to mean a period of ice sheets in the northern and southern hemispheres; by this definition we are still in an ice age (because the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets still exist).

However;

wrote:More colloquially, when speaking of the last few million years, ice age is used to refer to colder periods with extensive ice sheets over the North American and Eurasian continents: in this sense, the last ice age ended about 10,000 years ago.

So I guess it depends.... And Post, even at the height of the last ice age, it didn't get as far south as where you are.

Isn't that contradicting what you said about being in the Ice Age?

I'm stating two possible views on it, I personally feel the Glaciological definition is best.

Basically, the scientific definition of an ice age is there being ice sheets at the poles. However, in general usage, we mean by "ice age" the times when most of the northern hemisphere was covered in ice.

Sooo then...We're not in the ice age?

Scientifically we are. However, using the normal meaning of ice age, we're not.

Well, all you geniuses over hear, I am finally getting some snow, sop I can now believe som of this ice age talk, but it was 70 yesterday, so I had to think about it for a while.

It's been 12C at night around here. That's not natural. That's spring/autumn temperatures.

GLOBAL WARMING! :P

It's really happening, at any rate.

the inside of school is colder than it is outside *shiver*

It is supposed to be in the teens here

I haven't gotten any snow at all execpt a little that melted as soon as it hit the ground. It's January 11th. By now we've had at least 6 snow days, but this year we haven't had a single one. We're experiancing El Nino, but I think it's more of global warming then anything.


Sad. The big people are too ignorant to realize what's going on, and the little people know exactly what's going on but don't have a voice loud enough to be heard.

*grumble* And now the big three American car manufacturers have said that global warming is nothing to worry about and we should buy more big heavily polluting cars. *sigh* The boss of Daimler-Chrysler actually said that the Germans in its Stuttgart office were overreacting etc.

I hate how Americans always brush stuff off and say its nothing to worry about, or not important, Then everyone is making such a big deal over "The War in Iraq" how Bush has no right to send more troops over there. People need to get their heads out of their asses and stop complaining, when they are only doing it for attention or to just hear themselves talk.

Edit- Sorry about that, We just had this discussion in World Culture, and no one has good reasoning behind their stances and that makes me mad, when they can't back up what they say.

Are you an American, Adele?