Get the scoop on everything you wanted to know about glaciers.
Learn what a glacier is, how it forms, how it moves, and what types of glaciers exist in the world.
Learn what a glacier is, how it forms, and how frequently ice ages occur.
Interesting facts about the ice ages are written like newspaper articles, with pictures showing how this history has been discovered. Includes details of what life was like for animals at the time.
Briefly describes what caused them, how the ice built up, and what later made it melt.
A museum exhibit explains what they are, and how and why they occur. Includes animation of the retreating ice in North America.
Explains what ice ages are, and describes some of the animals that might have lived in Canada at the time.
Outlines one possible explanation for the big change in climate that resulted in a cold period lasting thousands of years. Includes suggestions for finding out the evidence for this idea.
Features a summary of the sequence of events for the last 130,000 years, from the time the ice started melting.
An interactive exploration of what northern England might have been like 50,000 years ago. Includes virtual tour, discoveries, quizzes and pictures.
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