How Cold Was The Ice Age?
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - One question science has long wanted answers to is simple: How cold was the ice age? We now have an answer to this question thanks to a team of scientists who nailed down the temperature of the last ice age—the Last Glacial Maximum of 20,000 years ago—to about 46 degrees Fahrenheit (7.8 C).
The Last Glacial Maximum, or LGM, was a frigid period when huge glaciers covered about half of North America, Europe, and South America and many parts of Asia. At the same time, flora and fauna adapted to the cold thrived.
A University of Arizona-led team provided results that allow climate scientists to better understand the relationship between today's rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide—a major greenhouse gas—and average global temperature.
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