Ice ages
By: Russ Ferrett
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Young reed; Young reed
Publisher: New Holland Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chatswood, N.S.W
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781921073564
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Glacial epoch
Description: "The Earth has had many ice ages, the last one finished around 12,000 years ago and the Earth's temperatures were 4 to 8 degrees cooler. What if there was an ice age today? Find out how glaciers form, grow and retreat and how the continent of Antarctica can tell us about living in an ice age."--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

For primary school age.
Table of contents: title: What if we have a new ice age?; title: When the earth gets cold; title: The last ice age; title: Ice, ice and more ice; title: Where did snow and ice come from?; title: How do glaciers form and grow?; title: Glacial movement; title: Antarctica : stuck in an ice age; title: Shaping the rock beneath the ice; title: It's gone too far : retreat! retreat!; title: Rearranging the rivers; title: After the glaciers have gone; title: The plants and animals move; title: The big human migrations; title: Valley glaciers; title: Down in the valley; title: Where glaciers meet the sea; title: Australian and New Zealand glaciers; title: Activities.