Are we heading into a new ice age?
We are not headed for a new ice age, and human-caused climate change will, among its many impacts, delay the start of the next ice age until 50,000 to 100,000 years into the future.
Katharine J. Mach is a Senior Research Associate at Carnegie Science’s Department of Global Ecology. Her research is generating new possibilities for assessment of climate change risks and response options, to empower decisions and actions in a changing climate. Her work focuses in particular on improved methods for integrating diverse evidence, incorporating expert judgment, and communicating and validating resulting syntheses of knowledge. The goal is to create actionable foundations for climate solutions.