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If the Earth cools down, [[evaporation]] and therefore [[precipitation]] are reduced, so little [[snow]] will fall onto land to form ice sheets. If the Earth heats up, evaporation and precipitation are increased, but the precipitation falls as rain rather than snow, or melts rather than forming ice sheets.<ref name="CAB" />
If the Earth cools down, [[evaporation]] and therefore [[precipitation]] are reduced, so little [[snow]] will fall onto land to form ice sheets. If the Earth heats up, evaporation and precipitation are increased, but the precipitation falls as rain rather than snow, or melts rather than forming ice sheets.<ref name="CAB" />
The theory was first proposed by [[Louis Agassiz]] to try to reconcile theories of a very old origin ("Old Earth") with the existence of young natural phenomena such as the [[Great Lakes]].<ref>[http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/virtualmuseum/climatechange2/02_1.shtml Discovery of the Great Ice Age]</ref><ref>Aber, James S., [http://academic.emporia.edu/aberjame/histgeol/agassiz/agassiz.htm Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz]</ref>
The theory was first proposed by [[Louis Agassiz]] to try to reconcile theories of a very old origin ("[[Old Earth]]") with the existence of young natural phenomena such as the [[Great Lakes]].<ref>[http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/virtualmuseum/climatechange2/02_1.shtml Discovery of the Great Ice Age]</ref><ref>Aber, James S., [http://academic.emporia.edu/aberjame/histgeol/agassiz/agassiz.htm Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz]</ref>
Earth and rock worn and smoothed by ice sheets, along with U-shaped [[valley]]s and termination deposition debris, are the main evidences for an Ice Age, and there is evidence of such [[glacier|glaciation]] covering northern [[Europe]] (including most of [[Britain]]), most of [[Canada]], and into the northern parts of eastern half of the [[United States]].<ref Name="WBE">Ice Age, World Book Encyclopedia 2000 CD ROM</ref>
Earth and rock worn and smoothed by ice sheets, along with U-shaped [[valley]]s and termination deposition debris, are the main evidences for an Ice Age, and there is evidence of such [[glacier|glaciation]] covering northern [[Europe]] (including most of [[Britain]]), most of [[Canada]], and into the northern parts of eastern half of the [[United States]].<ref Name="WBE">Ice Age, World Book Encyclopedia 2000 CD ROM</ref>