| craighopkins said: good point ^ Didnt volcanic ash in the sky cause past ice ages? |
Vulcanism has been blamed for causing brief (few years) cooling over the planet, not an ice age.
But funny you should mention it, one theory on why the last ice age ended was due to volcanic eruptions. The soot in the air first caused a cooling effect. But, as the black ash setteled on snow and glaciars covering most of the world, it absorbed heat and caused it to melt. Less snow and ice meant less of the Sun's heat reflected back into space, thus warming the planet.
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