Scientists studying Antarctica sea ice warn a rise in accumulation could spark the next ice age. Scroll down for videoScientists studying Antarctica sea ice warn a rise in accumulation could spark an ice age. Computer simulations show that an explosion of sea ice would block the ocean from exchanging carbon dioxide with the atmosphereThe last major ice age is believed to have ended about 2.5 million years ago during the Pleistocene era. HOW MUCH WILL SEA LEVELS RISE IN THE NEXT FEW CENTURIES? Three years later, the annual average extent of Antarctic sea ice hit its lowest mark, wiping out three-and-a-half decades of gains, a NASA study of satellite data shows.

Source: Daily Mail October 30, 2019 16:25 UTC