Ashley Beck Presnell ENGL 1102 23 March 2014

Ice Age: Evaluative

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23 Mar( 2014( -htt.://000(000(ne0t!n(#e.(anl(g!v/askasci/gen11/gen11121(ht34( 5his 0e,site is a .age su..!rte# ,y the $%E %&&ice !& 'cience( the .!ssi,ility &!r an!ther ice age I stu3,le# acr!ss this 0e,site( hile I 0as l!!king u.

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that y!u can l!!k u. 7uesti!ns relate# t! a certain t!.ic this is calle#+ 8Ask a 'cientist9( I sa0 that a ,!y na3e# Patrick aske# the 7uesti!n a,!ut an!ther ice age an# I ,eca3e intereste# in the ans0er that he receive#( 5he scientist na3e# Grant gave hi3 a very l!gical ans0er saying that 0e have ,een having ice ages !n an# !&& &!r the last 2(: ,illi!n years( An# that they are certain that there 0ill ,e an!ther !ne in the &uture( 5hen he c!unteracts saying that the .!lluti!ns have change# 0hich have calle# cli3ate changes 0hich c!ul# have a 3a;!r a&&ect !n 0hether there 0ill ,e an!ther ice age( 5he reas!n that I ch!se this as a s!urce is ,ecause n!t !nly is this a very relia,le s!urce that c!ntains kn!0le#gea,le .e!.le( It als! gave 3e a #i&&erent #irecti!n t! g! 0ith 3y .r!;ect n!t !nly #!es the 0e,site say that there 3ay !r 3ay n!t ,e an!ther ice age it gave 3e su..!rting evi#ence( 5hat is e<actly 0hat I 0as l!!king &!r 0hen l!!king &!r s!urces I 0!ul# like t! give ,!th si#es !n the .!tential !& an!ther ice age an# the unlikelih!!# !& an!ther !ne !ccurring al!ng 0ith su..!rting evi#ence(

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Mar( 2014( -htt.://000(ne0t!n(#e.(anl(g!v/askasci/env11/env11310(ht3>=uture Ice Ages4( 5his 0e,site is the sa3e as the !ne that I .revi!usly 3enti!ne#+ the $%E %&&ice !& 'cience+ e<ce.t it the 7uesti!n is 0!r#e# #i&&erently( it e<.lains the the!ry that the ra.i# shi&ts in cli3ate change can cause the ice ca.s t! 3elt #ue t! gl!,al 0ar3ing( 5his a&&ects the !ceans circulati!ns 0hich 0!ul# a&&ect the cli3ate ,y l!0ering the te3.erature !& the n!rthern atlantic( 5his c!ul# .!tentially trigger an!ther ice age s! that it states( But !& c!urse the c!unteract is that 3an 3a#e gl!,al 0ar3ing c!ul# either trigger !r c!3.letely reverse the e&&ect !& an ice age( 5his 7uesti!n intereste# 3e ,ecause this .ut the !cean an# the 0ay that it circulates int! the ,ig .icture( I never kne0 the !cean ha# such a great r!le !n the te3.eratures ar!un# us( 5his hel.e# 3e t! ,elieve that !ne little &act!r such as the circulati!n !& !ne .art !& the !cean c!ul# .lay a huge r!le in the cli3ate all ar!un# the gl!,e(

?!hn+ I3,rie an# @atherine I3,rie( Ice Ages: '!lving the Mystery( Aarvar# Bniversity Press+ ?uly 112C( Print( 5his ,!!k ,y ?!hn an# @atherine I3,rie is a great s!urce &!r 3y .r!;ect ,ecause it h!l#s a 8little ,it !& everything that I nee# t! gather 3y in&!r3ati!n( 5he ,!!k g!es int! #etail a,!ut the ice age an# 0hat the era 0as like 0hen it t!!k .lace an# 0hat the cli3ate 0as like+ an# 0hat 0as r!a3ing the area( 5he ,!!k als! #escri,es s!3ething very use&ul a,!ut 0hether there 0ill ,e an!ther ice age an# 0hy they ,elieve this( 5he #i&&erent !.ini!ns thr!ugh!ut the ,!!k gives y!u #i&&erent .ers.ectives 0hy !r 0hy n!t there c!ul# ,e an!ther ice age in the &uture( 5he 3ain thing that I &!un# use&ul &!r 3e in the ,!!k 0as the #etails a,!ut an ice age in the &uture c!nsi#ering that is 0hat 3y 3ain &!cus is in the .r!;ect(

I l!!ke# u. ?!hn I3,rie the auth!r !nline an# &r!3 his cre#entials he see3s t! ,e a very relia,le s!urce( Ae atten#e# ,!th Dale an# Princet!n Bniversities( Ae 0as als! in#ucte# int! the Nati!nal Aca#e3y !& 'ciences( Ae 0as 0ell kn!0n &!r his research !n Ice Ages( )Pleist!cene : %vervie0() Pleist!cene : %vervie0( N(.(+ n(#( e,( 23 Mar( 2014(

-htt.://.ale!,i!l!gy(si(e#u/ge!ti3e/3ain/ht3lversi!n/.leist!cene1(ht3l4( 5his !nline article is ,ase# ;ust !n the Pleist!cene E.!ch 0hich is the s.eci&ic ti3e era !& the 3a;!r ice age( 5he .leist!cene is an era that ha..ene# 1(2 3illi!n years ag! t! 11+:00 years ag!( 5he article gives in&!r3ati!n !n 0hat e<actly ha..ene# #uring that ti3e( =!r e<a3.le it sai# that #uring that ti3e h!3! sa.iens Ehu3an s.eciesF ev!lve#( At the en# !& the article it als! e<.lains h!0 s!3e 3a33als 0ent e<tinct #uring this ti3e .eri!#( 5his .articular article .r!,a,ly c!ntaine# s!3e very little #etails &!r 3e ,ut they are very i3.!rtant #etails( It is very i3.!rtant &!r 3y .r!;ect t! kn!0 0hen the 3a;!r ice age ha..ene# an# the &act that this is 0hen the &irst hu3ans ev!lve#+ 0hether they ha# anything t! #! 0ith the !ccurrence !& the ice age(

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5his article is 0ritten ,y the EPA 0hich als! talks a,!ut the Pleist!cene E.!ch( I& y!u l!!k at the !nline article y!u 0ill &in# that it g!es int! greater #e.th than the !ther article !n the Pleist!cene( 5his article g!es int! s! 3uch #etail that it even s.eci&ies the average heights !& the glaciers( 5here is 3uch 3!re in&!r3ati!n that is 0ritten in this article as 0ell it g!es in #e.th 0ith the cli3atic 6!nes #uring the ice age+ 0hat the lan# 0as like #uring the ti3e+ an# the .ath that the ice age su..!se#ly t!!k( I &in# this article use&ul t! in a sense c!3.are an# c!ntrast the c!n#iti!ns n!0 an# the c!n#iti!ns that !& the ice age ti3e( I& I c!ul# &in# s!3e si3ilarities that 3y #ra0 3y attenti!n t! the likelih!!# that an!ther ice age is .!ssi,le( %n the !ther han# i& I &in# n! c!rrelati!n then that

0ill .ersua#e 3e !ther0ise( At &irst 0hen I sa0 this article 3y attenti!n i33e#iately turne# a0ay 0hen I n!tice# h!0 3uch in&!r3ati!n 0as in the article+ I h!nestly #i# n!t 0ant t! take the ti3e t! rea# all !& that( But !nce I starte# rea#ing the article I 7uickly reali6e# this 0as the 3!st in&!r3ative article that I have rea# !n the ice age an# the characteristics !& it(