Science Monday - Earthsicles.

Yesterday's passing of the Vernal Equinox should have resulted in an atmospheric shift toward warmer more short-sleeved weather. Granted, in my life, I don't think I have ever been able to don my assless-chaps and thong this early in the season, but one would expect some sort of relief.

Alas, not here in Michigan where we have enjoyed several weeks of freezing weather, bolstered with the occasional flurry, and more recently, some accumulation. This got me thinking...aren't we due for an Ice Age pretty soon?

Apparently Ice Ages are cyclical, happening every 10,000 years or so. The present 10,000 years of good weather, AKA the Holocene, should be wrapping up shortly, meaning 125,000 years of some nippy weather and death.

While my flashy anorak won't cut it with our upcoming dusting, I hold solace in the fact that scientists think it unlikely that we will have a repeat of past, Ice Age (), due to the amount of carbon dioxide in the environment. These scientists believe that this CO2 concentration will allow for sunny skies for the next 100,000 years. After that, bundle up, cause a cold spell's comin. [via Nature.com 2002]

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