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When the Last Ice Age Gripped Our Planet

Why Ice Ages Begin – and If Another Could Happen

Gargi Chakravorty

For millions of years, our planet has danced between extremes – from frozen wastelands where massive ice sheets stretched across entire continents, to warm periods like today where life flourishes in temperate climates. This dramatic climate choreography isn’t random chaos, but follows predictable patterns that scientists have only recently begun to decode. The story of ...