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The article says the last interglacial period lasted 28,000 years, and the current interglacial period started 11,700 years ago, but then claims the next ice would start 50,000 years from now if not for human activity. That's not credible. 24.76.102.121 (talk) 01:12, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The estimate for the next ice age is credible but it is just one of many estimates and the text is unclear. I have deleted. Dudley Miles (talk) 10:21, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Collapse of the AMOC

This information was removed with the following edit summary: "Not relevant to future ice ages - this is about the results of global warming". Your thoughts?

In October 2024, 44 climate scientists published an open letter to the Nordic Council of Ministers,^[1] claiming that according to scientific studies in the past few years, the risk of collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation has been greatly underestimated, that it can occur in the next few decades, and that some changes are already happening.^[2] Climate change may weaken the AMOC through increases in ocean heat content and elevated flows of freshwater from melting ice sheets.^[3] The collapse of the AMOC would be a severe climate catastrophe, resulting in a cooling of the Northern Hemisphere.^[4] It would have devastating and irreversible impacts especially for Nordic countries, but also for other parts of the world.^[5] Others disagree.^[6]

References

^ "Earth is racing toward climate conditions that collapsed key Atlantic currents before the last ice age, study finds". Live Science. 31 October 2024.
^ Ditlevsen, Peter; Ditlevsen, Susanne (2023-07-25). "Warning of a forthcoming collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation". Nature Communications. 14 (1): 4254. arXiv:2304.09160. Bibcode:2023NatCo..14.4254D. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-39810-w. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 10368695. PMID 37491344.
^ "Historic iceberg surges offer insights on modern climate change". The Current. 2024-05-30. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
^ Cooke, Ben (16 October 2024). "The UK could turn as cold as Scandinavia. Why aren't we preparing?". The Times.
^ Pare, Sascha (22 October 2024). "Key Atlantic current could collapse soon, 'impacting the entire world for centuries to come,' leading climate scientists warn". Live Science. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
^ "expert reaction to paper warning of a collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation". Science Media Centre. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.

-- Tobby72 (talk) 20:34, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Belongs in the AMOC article, where it is William M. Connolley (talk) 20:43, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Affect of ice age in uk" listed at Redirects for discussion

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this sentence seems incomplete

An ice age is a term describing two distinct but related long periods of time when the reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. 75.90.176.104 (talk) 11:57, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have fixed this as part of a general revision of the lead. Dudley Miles (talk) 13:10, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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There is no period at the end of the second paragraph (after "between 12,800 and 11,700 years ago"). Please add a period. Byukk (talk) 17:21, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thanks. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 17:39, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Terminology

In Germanic science, since some Years, we term the previous Glacial to "Cold period"/Kaltzeit" in contrast to "Interglacial/Warmzeit" in Order to avoud misunderstandings between "Eiszeitalter/Ice age" and "Eiszeit/Glacial", which are easier to distinguish in English - if I have put it correctly.HJJHolm (talk) 10:09, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Earth is racing toward climate conditions that collapsed key Atlantic currents before the last ice age, study finds". Live Science. 31 October 2024.

[2] Ditlevsen, Peter; Ditlevsen, Susanne (2023-07-25). "Warning of a forthcoming collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation". Nature Communications. 14 (1): 4254. arXiv:2304.09160. Bibcode:2023NatCo..14.4254D. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-39810-w. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 10368695. PMID 37491344.

[3] "Historic iceberg surges offer insights on modern climate change". The Current. 2024-05-30. Retrieved 2024-05-30.

[4] Cooke, Ben (16 October 2024). "The UK could turn as cold as Scandinavia. Why aren't we preparing?". The Times.

[5] Pare, Sascha (22 October 2024). "Key Atlantic current could collapse soon, 'impacting the entire world for centuries to come,' leading climate scientists warn". Live Science. Retrieved 31 October 2024.

[6] "expert reaction to paper warning of a collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation". Science Media Centre. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.

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