Photo: New Ice Age Predicted -- But Averted by Global Warming?

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Were it not for human-made global warming, ice sheets (such as this one shown in an undated photo of Antarctica) would have covered much of Canada, Europe, and Asia in 10,000 to 100,000 years, a November 2008 study says.


Photograph by Maria Stenzel/NGS

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