News Corp well positioned to meet economic downturn: Murdoch Oct 21, 2008
" We reached $1.25 billion on the strong performances of our worldwide theatrical and home entertainment products. It s true that we will have a difficult comparison with last year s results. But we have good reason to expect that the year ahead will be another one of solid profitability, driven by future releases that include sequels to Ice Age and Night at the Museum.". As far as the global digital front goes, Murdoch says that Fox Interactive Media saw revenues grow 57 per cent and operating... (Indiantelevision.com)
Greetings From Palin Country Oct 19, 2008
It's retreated 60-some miles since the last Ice Age, when it would have covered Wasilla, but despite its reduced circumstances there's still a lot of ice to behold ... They flourished through the ice ages, but by the 20th century they were nearly extinct in Alaska, plinked off like bison by trigger-happy settlers. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Warmer weather will devastate penguins: WWF Oct 10, 2008
The Emperor penguin, the breed featured in the animated film Happy Feet, is seen in this undated file photo. Oct. 9 2008 1:19 PM ET. (CTV.ca)
Moscow catches new art bug Oct 10, 2008
Financial markets may be melting, the Georgian conflict may have sent geopolitics sliding toward a new ice age and the Russian stock market may be buffeted by gale-force fears, but Moscow's billionaire-backed contemporary art scene so far is riding out the storm. "In 2005 there were 27 billionaires here. Today there are 100," said Victoria Gelfand, director of the London Gagosian gallery, speaking in Moscow, where she helped to organize a major show by Gagosian that opened last month. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Extreme adventure, Arctic style Oct 5, 2008
McGoogan rectifies this by stressing Kane's contribution to the growing idea of an Ice Age, his careful study of the northern Greenland Inuit and his descriptions of ice conditions in the 1850s as a baseline for today's study of the effects of global warming. Less convincingly, McGoogan attempts to relate Kane's Arctic struggle to Joseph Campbell's theories on myth-making. (Globe and Mail)
Disaster Movie Oct 3, 2008
When an earthquake shakes the building, Will, his chubby black friend Calvin (Gary 'G Thang' Johnson) and a pregnant teenager (Crista Flanagan, playing the girl from Juno) escape into the streets as a meteor shower hits Los Angeles, followed by a twister, then a short ice age (OK, there are some disaster effects, but not enough to deserve the title). Will and team make for the natural history museum to save his ex-girlfriend Amy (Vanessa Minnillo) from the now-living exhibits. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Eye off the storm Oct 3, 2008
The Little Ice Age wasn't uniformly cold for example and the Medieval Warm Period had prolonged cold spells. For many regions what will be most important will be if they get more or less rainfall overall; or if the pattern of rainfall changes - more dry days interspersed with heavy downpours and flash floods for example. (BBC News -- Science)
Scary Movie 4 Oct 3, 2008
The animated hit "Ice Age: The Meltdown," which had been No. 1 the previous two weekends, slipped to second place with 20 million dollars, raising its total to 147. 2 million dollars. (Xinhuanet, China -- Entertainment)
Bay Area Vista Oct 3, 2008
Family Service Agency of San Mateo ... Family Service Agency of San Mateo ... Representatives from the Family Service Agency of San Mateo joins us to discuss their current issues and projects including their upcoming Annual Winners Breakfast event. (NBC 11, CA)
ETSU professor featured on History Channel Sep 22, 2008
Dr. Blaine Schubert, an ETSU paleontologist specializing in ice age faunas, will be a specialist featured on two of the History Channel's new television series. One show, Monster Quest, dives into crypto zoology, the study of animals without scientific evidence to support their existence. (East Tennessean, TN)
LETTERS: NCT, Sept. 13, 2008 Sep 14, 2008
Anyone who disagrees is ridiculed as being a denier, much like the Salem witch trials of 1692-93, when the hierarchy accused innocent people of witchcraft for causing disease and famine that was actually a result of natural climate change called the Little Ice Age. Darrell Beck. (North County Times)
autumn foliage Sep 14, 2008
The Ice Age Trail is a 1,099-mile trail that follows the footprint of the most recent glacier in Wisconsin, which crept through the area about 25,000 years ago ... The Ice Age Park Foundation lists several dozen innkeepers who will shuttle you to and from the trail. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Vote-buying in Thailand; Double standard on Russia: A self-inflicted problem Sep 13, 2008
Vote buying in Thailand. " The governing politicians give the poor, basically illiterate rural people a little bit of money from the treasury in exchange for their vote. Then the government gets to loot the treasury at will. The middle class pays. It's not complicated. The people are just sick to death of being robbed. Michael Greenwald, Bangkok Double standard on Russia Today in Opinion It was really sad to read John Vinocur's column "A way for America to get Russia in line" (Politicus, Sept.... (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Climate 'would reel from A-bombs' Sep 12, 2008
Some regions would probably go back to cold conditions not experienced since medieval times and a climate phase sometimes referred to as the "Little Ice Age" when Europe in particular was hit by very harsh winters. The authors also note that the smoke plumes would upset stratospheric chemistry, resulting in a significant disruption of the ozone layer, depleting it by 40% over many inhabited areas and by up to 70-80% at the poles. (Yahoo News -- Nuclear Weapons)
Verizon Wireless and Capcom Interactive Announce the Launch of 'Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? 2009' in North America Sep 12, 2008
FME provides mobile content from top FOX TV shows such as 24, Prison Break, and Family Guy, and from such recent films as Juno, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, and Ice Age: The Meltdown. An industry leader with strong domestic and international distribution, FME created American Idol's text-message voting system and the now-pervasive term Mobisodes Series, defining short episodic programming designed for a mobile audience. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Large Hadron Collider Goes Online Sep 11, 2008
" And for those who are wondering about god and other religious standpoints, it's only another step forward in our knowledge and technology, nothing big and new compared to the "end of the world" by Jon, new jersey, on Sep 11, 2008 10:15 AM, ok but were does this technology take us next and what happens when they make it smaller and bigger and it gets in the wrong hands? just something to think about by nick, tampa, on Sep 11, 2008 10:55 AM, These scientists should not have the right to go... (Techtree.com)
Weather Eye: the Arctic is melting quickly Sep 8, 2008
WE are coming out of an ice age years. yes the world is warming up just as it has done hundreds of times before. (Times Online)
Arctic Sees Massive Gain in Ice Coverage Sep 5, 2008
By on 9/4/08, Rating: -1 By on 9/4/2008 8:27:22 AM , Rating: -1 If mashers Granny got more snow in her backyard one year compared to the earlier I'd guess masher will see it as scientificly significant evidence that all weather models is worthless and that we are going for the next ice age ;). (1 Hidden) By on 9/4/08, Rating: 2 By on 9/4/2008 3:08:05 AM , Rating: 2 God damn those filthy rovers, spewing emissions into the martian atmosphere. (Newsmax)
Letters, art and links to family Aug 31, 2008
Call of the week: A reader left a message last Sun- day saying nice things about my Sunday Spotlight "Producers" column, but he had a bone to pick with one of my slightly exaggerated "facts." I had written: "The last show I performed in was in high school (I was the second sharecropper in "Finian's Rainbow"), and that was so many years ago that I'm pretty sure there was a glacier where Roger Rocka's Dinner Theater stands to- day."My caller chided me, saying: "I want to correct something. That... (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Letters to the editor Aug 30, 2008
iceman wrote on Aug 25, 2008 11:49 AM:" BigMike: Re causes of climate change, didn't you read my comment to your last repeat of this question on August 20? http://gtconnect.com/articles/2008/08/20/news/opinion/6edi02_alets.txt.It *is* possible to have natural warming (and to understand it scientifically) and to have human-caused warming (and to understand it scientifically). At the moment, most warming is caused by us humans, and over the next century we'll see a lot of it. Over ice age cycles... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Gore: Obama = Lincoln... Aug 29, 2008
Within five years, scientists will be talking about "The New Ice Age." Then what is he going to do. Posted by: King | Aug 29, 2008 12:46:41 AM. (The Drudge Report)
Georgian conflict takes toll on Russian stock market Aug 28, 2008
"It means the end of all hopes to the elite dreams that with Medvedev a soft period would come, and the Putin ice age was over," said one banker, who asked not to be identified because he was criticizing the government. He was referring former President Vladimir Putin, who is now prime minister. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Alaska ear (8/24/08) Aug 25, 2008
Wally Hickel, the man who put Ted in office back in the ice age. Guests report mouths agape as Hickel walked in. (Anchorage Daily News)
Can you? Yes Aug 24, 2008
"What do we want?" "Sleeves!" "When do we want them?" "Before the next ice age!". The apostle Paul used hypophora: "Is he not also [God] of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also." So did the Cowardly Lion, notes blogger Jay Heinrichs at : "What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage.". (Boston Globe)
LETTERS: NCT, Aug. 23, 2008 Aug 24, 2008
Then came the Little Ice Age, and temperatures considerably colder than today persisted until the climate warmed again around 1900 ... Unless there is another Little Ice Age, they will continue rising at roughly this rate for centuries to come. (North County Times)
Ga. beaten to the draw again Aug 20, 2008
As a Secret Service agent I traveled and worked in twenty eight countries on six continents and I wouldn t trade what we have here for anything ... Isn t it about time for you Gorebots to switch back to the man made coming ice age. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
JOEL STEIN: Motivating a future former president Aug 20, 2008
You got those Coca-Cola ads and those "Ice Age" movies that me and Laura love. And global warming is sending lots of scientists to the North Pole -- I wouldn't be bothered if you ate those scientists. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
PopCap's Bejeweled Franchise Hits 25 Million Units Sold Mark Aug 20, 2008
All told, Bejeweled and Bejeweled 2 have collectively been enjoyed for an estimated 6 billion hours ; that's 684,000 YEARS - the equivalent of 60 people playing the game 24 hours a day since the last Ice Age 11,400 years ago. Bejeweled 2 is currently available in over 30 UK retail stores including ASDA, Borders, Currys, Game, PC World, Woolworths. (IGN Wireless Games)
Editor's Mailbag (Aug. 9) Aug 18, 2008
Illusions wrote on Aug 15, 2008 5:48 PM:" In my case it is not bias. Months ago I said in this forum and most likely repeated. The most compelling evidence for me, meaning the evidence that moved me from "no opinion" to yes was the repeated data published that proved to me that the large rise in green house gas increase that occurred after say 1900 was due to the burning of fossil fuels. The isotope of carbon found in the increased CO2 only comes from carbon products used as fossil fuels. I can... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Beauty of music matched by visuals Aug 18, 2008
Yorke sounded ragged for much of Ice Age, and the group vocals in this song were out of tune. Watson's one attempt at running lyrics across his LED structure went amusingly wrong in Everything In Its Right Place, when he put an apostrophe in the title line. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Oil-addicted world faces crude awakening Aug 15, 2008
swissinfo - Recent swiss events features - Switzerland's news and information platform- swissinfo. Image caption: The sun is slowly setting on the oil industry - the question is what will replace it (Keystone). (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
Let's Blame the Jellyfish Aug 13, 2008
She cried too," Mrs. David adds. Columnist's note: Mrs. David might actually thank "global warming" for providing the ground on Martha's Vineyard for her and her daughter to stand on. Prior to hiking a stretch of the Appalachian Trail last week, I read the 1998 best-seller A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. Consider the following passage: "And here is a thing that most of us fail to appreciate: we are still in an ice age, only now we experience it for just part of the year ... "At the very peak... (Human Events Online)
Letters to the Editor (Aug. 4) Aug 4, 2008
The Medieval Warm Spell, the Little Ice Age air-brushed from existence. If they got something that simple wrong, what else was wrong. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
The climate change smokescreen Aug 2, 2008
It is a theme common to many climate change deniers who talk about a so-called Little Ice Age (1300-1900) and Medieval Warm Period (800-1200) ... com, which claims we are heading for a new ice age. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Nelson 'worse than Howard' on climate change Jul 31, 2008
Why was there a mini Ice age. Why has there been no climate heating in the past 10 years. (ABC Online)
Denis Leary To Host "Fashion Rocks" Jul 30, 2008
The Massachusetts native's films include Oscar-nominated box office hits "Wag the Dog," "A Bug's Life," "Ice Age" and "The Thomas Crown Affair," as well as "Suicide Kings" and "Ice Age 2 - The Meltdown.". His first big project, "The REF," has become a Christmastime cult classic. (CBS News)
Ice Age bear bones recovered from Scottish cave Jul 30, 2008
The remains of an Ice Age bear have been recovered from Scotland's longest underground cave ... Bears were hunted to extinction in Scotland around 1000 years ago but this bear is thought to be considerably older - probably from the end of the Ice Age - and maybe even more ancient. (Telegraph.co.uk)
South Dakota offers much more than Rushmore Jul 29, 2008
Lured by the promise of food and drink, the Ice Age mammoths slid into the water, unable to escape. The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, still an active paleontological dig, now hosts scientists and researchers from across the world, not to mention curious tourists. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Grabbing The HMO Rebound Jul 28, 2008
(Of course, one has to make sure that, due to global climate change, winter is not swiftly followed by an ice age. In the case of the stocks I am about to discuss, today is winter and the summer will come again. (Forbes)
Black Rock, Unplugged Jul 27, 2008
During the last Ice Age, around 12,700 years ago, a body of water geologists call Lake Lahontan covered the area with 500 feet of water. The area looks essentially the same as it did with the first emigrants from Oregon came through in the 1850's on their way to California looking for gold. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Fossilised poo from oldest American people found Jul 25, 2008
According to the standard accepted theory, the Clovis people crossed a land bridge over the Bering Strait from Siberia to Alaska during the period of lowered sea levels during the ice age, then made their way southward through an ice-free corridor east of the Rocky Mountains in present-day western Canada as the glaciers retreated. advertisement. (Yahoo News -- FYI)
Monsters vs. Aliens Character Sheet... Jul 24, 2008
- The Missing Link (Will Arnett) was frozen during the Ice Age, and recently thawed. The U.S. Government took him in hand after he discovered that his favourite watering hole had been turned into a vacation resort. (Suite101.com)
Cineplex to ramp up 3D installations Jul 23, 2008
Cineplex said the new systems will be installed in time for the release of about a dozen 3D movies expected to arrive in theatres in the next 18 months, including Monsters vs. Aliens and Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Cineplex Entertainment is 76 per cent owned by Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
'Top experts' using global warming as a weapon Jul 22, 2008
xdfred wrote on Jul 21, 2008 10:37 AM:" Are these the same models that predicted a calamitous ice age back in the '70's? There is nothing we puny humans can do that affects the temperature of the earth. The temperature of the earth changes on it's own. Variations in solar activity are the chief drivers, not CO2 emissions. Calling CO2 a pollutant is ludicrous.End of story. ". cire wrote on Jul 21, 2008 11:39 AM:" cross, you are so wrong on this matter that you're past the point of being able to... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
The Pixar Philosophy Jul 17, 2008
Rodrigo Blaas has been animating for Pixar since 2002, having previously worked with Blue Sky Studios on their hit Ice Age. He started with Finding Nemo and has since worked on The Incredibles, Cars and Ratatouille. (IGN FilmForce)
LETTERS: NCT, July 15, 2008 Jul 16, 2008
". It seems to me that the occupation of Iraq has been digging a hole deeper and deeper since day 1. Have we stopped digging yet? Do we have Osama Bin Laden YET?? Do we? to Realist wrote on Jul 15, 2008 3:28 PM:I do not think, personally, that US policy includes a hatred of Muslims. Your citing examples of the rebuilding work we've done in Iraq is not the greatest evidence, since Iraq was a functioning nation prior to the invasion. Of course Saddam was a tyrant with a history of brutality. But... (North County Times)
Earth: It's more than dirt Jul 16, 2008
In the most gratuitous shot, he slogs his way through a 3-foot snowdrift in the Alps, snowflakes decorating his eyebrows, to make the point that at one time the Earth had an ice age ... This is the reason that our mountains are not a million feet tall, just as volcanoes are the reason that the aforementioned ice age was not permanent. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
SPACE CHIMPS Save the Day! Jul 15, 2008
Space Chimps features the voices of Andy Samberg (Saturday Night Live), Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Patrick Warburton (Rules of Engagement), Kristin Chenoweth (The West Wing), Stanley Tucci (Robots), Kenan Thompson (Snakes on a Plane), Jane Lynch (The 40 Year Old Virgin), Carlos Alazraqui (Happy Feet), Zach Shada (Ice Age: The Meltdown), Patrick Breen (Boston Legal), Kath Soucie (The Replacements) and Omid Abtahi (Sleeper Cell). A Vanguard... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
A star is Bourne thanks to DVD sales Jul 14, 2008
But here's the biggest difference: the vast majority of the all-time top 50 is kids' stuff, with animation the most represented category (including the likes of Monsters, Inc, The Incredibles, Madagascar, Ice Age, Cars, The Lion King and Happy Feet). Only nine of the 50 seem to have been designed for people over 18: Dirty Dancing, Gladiator, The Notebook, Troy, Dances With Wolves, Casino Royale, Love Actually, Four Weddings And A Funeral and The Devil Wears Prada. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Why so serious? The Dark Knight is a darker Batman movie, indeed Jul 14, 2008
" Nothing sets the serious tone of The Dark Knight more than the purely evil actions of The Joker. The late Ledger's performance is in stark contrast to Cesar Romero's comical portrayal of the villain in the camp 60s television series. The Dark Knight also is dramatically different from previous Batman feature films. The last series of Batman movies, which started with Tim Burton's 1989 Batman and ran through 1997's Batman and Robin, were a throwback to those more fanciful comic-book times. The... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET Jul 14, 2008
Scientists begin study of bones found among Ice Age animal fossils to see if they belong to "Vero Man," who may have walked Florida's beaches 4,000 years ago. 500. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Why so serious? Jul 13, 2008
" Arnold Schwarzenegger, before he was governor of California, tried to send Gotham City back to the ice age with a super weapon as the chilly Mr. Freeze. The reporter can be reached at or (559) 441-6355. Meanwhile, Christian Bale, as Batman, offers his complex portrayal of good. Bale broods over Gotham City. Batman takes a dramatically different turn in "The Dark Knight. " Comments Share this story: | | Advertisement , or lect> Web Search powered by YAHOO! SEARCH ? Copyright 2008 The Fresno... (Fresno Bee)
Schwarzenegger Blasts Bush: 'This administration did not believe in global warming'... Jul 13, 2008
Just how did the Vikings cause the Ice Age ... Question: How did we go from fearing the next "Ice Age" in the 60's, to apocalyptic Global Warming just in the last 30 years. (The Drudge Report)
Environmentalists are turning into religious zealots Jul 13, 2008
xdfred wrote on Jul 8, 2008 9:37 AM:" C'mon Cross, you don't need scientific credentials to know we came out of an ice age a long time ago. And what about the medieval warming period, when Greenland was green? Too many campfires? Cross the parrot, every time someone posts on objection to the man made global warming religion, out comes some left winger asking for credentials. Cross, you fill these blogs more than anyone, yet where are yours? Where's Gore's credentials? Pocket politics. Lining... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Hard-Hitting Cartoon Fun Jul 4, 2008
Ice Age and Madagascars weren't a patch on Monsters Inc and Toy Story. Shrek aside, it looks as though Dreamworks are finally giving Pixar a serious run for their money. (Glasgow Daily Record)
Be the First to See Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D in Digital 3D at Cineplex Entertainment Theatres Jul 4, 2008
In 2009, there are 11 3D movies scheduled for release including the highly anticipated Monsters vs. Alien, Ice Age 3 and Avatar. Cineplex Entertainment will present Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D at the following select theatres throughout Canada. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Niagara's Fury Jul 3, 2008
It begins with a trip to the Ice Age that includes a hockey game between teams of wooly mammoths (this is the Canadian side of the Falls, remember). Visitors then move into the main theater, taking their place at individual safety rails mounted on the grated metal platform. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Entertainment guide with video Jul 3, 2008
KIDS FREE SUMMER MOVIE SERIES: Charlotte s Web and Alvin and the Chipmunks, Tuesday and Wednesday; Daddy Day Camp and Bee Movie, July 15-16; The Pirates Who Don t Do Anything and Evan Almighty, July 22-23; Mr. Bean s Holiday and Shrek The Third, July 29-30; Ice Age 2 and Are We Done Yet. Aug. 5-6; Horton Hears a Who. (Scranton Times, PA)
Life Altered 12,900 Year Ago By Giant Comet? Jul 3, 2008
ScienceDaily (July 3, 2008) Geological evidence found in Ohio and Indiana in recent weeks is strengthening the case to attribute what happened 12,900 years ago in North America -- when the end of the last Ice Age unexpectedly turned into a phase of extinction for animals and humans to a cataclysmic comet or asteroid explosion over top of Canada ... Much of the work is being done in Sheriden Cave in north-central Ohio s Wyandot County, a rich repository of material dating back to the Ice Age ...... (Science Daily)
Whats Really Up With North Pole Sea Ice? Jun 29, 2008
The planet has been through a lot worse than us, been through all kinds of things worse than us, been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sunspots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles, hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worldwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages, and we think some plastic bags and some aluminum cans are going to make a... (New York Times)
Entertainment guide Jun 26, 2008
KIDS FREE SUMMER MOVIE SERIES: Barnyard and The Water Horse, Tuesday and Wednesday; Charlotte s Web and Alvin and the Chipmunks, July 8-9; Daddy Day Camp and Bee Movie, July 15-16; The Pirates Who Don t Do Anything and Evan Almighty, July 22-23; Mr. Bean s Holiday and Shrek The Third, July 29-30; Ice Age 2 and Are We Done Yet. Aug. 5-6; Horton Hears a Who. (Scranton Times, PA)
REGION: State to roll out road map to green future Jun 24, 2008
20 years ago these same people were saying we were headed for an Ice Age. Dont forget wrote on Jun 23, 2008 2:17 PM:it was thirty years ago the same morons and their sheep were screaming holes in the ozone, don't use spray deoderant. (North County Times)
Bowden's words hurt prideful N.D. people Jun 22, 2008
Sour Grapes wrote on Jun 20, 2008 11:09 PM:" Old pictures of empty or aging houses are not depressing to me. People once lived and raised children in those houses and towns. Children were once educated in old schools no longer used. When an Archaeologist looks at old ruins he does not begin by feeling sorry for the people who once lived there http://cat.he.net/~archaeol/ Most of us in this area have ancestors from the Baltic Sea area. The last Ice Age covered it all and our ancestors were... (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Federal Report: Warming = More Harmful Climate Extremes Jun 21, 2008
First, although a major ice age causes a larger temperature change than has happened so far in response to CO2, the temperature increase that occurred between 1920 and 1990 would have taken more than 2,000 years even at the historically rapid rate of the last deglaciation. Consider the null hypothesis that the observed temperature fluctuations and atmospheric CO2 levels are independent: The probability that the hemispheric temperatures would fluctuate purely by chance in such a way to produce... (Yahoo News -- Climate Change)
Greenland's leafy cover obliterated by climate change Jun 20, 2008
The journal also features a second report showing how North America's climate suddenly flipped from a cold to a warm state at the end of the last ice age, with dramatic changes in atmospheric circulation in as little as a single year ... There were two huge temperature spikes in the Northern Hemisphere at the end of last ice age - one 14,700 years ago associated with a 10-degree Celsius rise in temperatures over 50 years ... The abrupt transitions they see occurred at the end of the last ice age... (Canada.com)
