Would Humanity Survive an Ice Age?

As stated above, humans have only survived ice ages which means there is no accurate reference to compare with global warming. The true effects of modern day climate change is relatively unknown. Many people believe animals and plants can adapt to modern day climate change because they did so during the Ice Age.

How long will it be until the next ice age?

Researchers used data on Earth's orbit to find the historical warm interglacial period that looks most like the current one and from this have predicted that the next ice age would usually begin within 1,500 years.

What would happen if we went into an ice age?

There would be a lot less agricultural land available, so it would be very difficult to support the human population, Dr Phipps warned. And the physical shape of the continents would look completely different across the whole planet.