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Humans Accidentally Canceled the Next Ice Age, Scientists Say
New scientific findings from Canada's Barnes Ice Cap suggest human-driven climate change has inadvertently prevented the onset of the next ice age.
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New scientific findings from Canada's Barnes Ice Cap suggest human-driven climate change has inadvertently prevented the onset of the next ice age.
New research suggests human-driven greenhouse warming reversed a thousand-year trend of ice sheet expansion, potentially canceling a future ice age.