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Ice Age: see Pleistocene epoch Pleistocene epoch (plī`stəsēn), 6th epoch of the Cenozoic era of geologic time (see Geologic Timescale , table). ..... Click the link for more information. . ice ageor glacial ageAny geologic period during which thick ice sheets cover vast areas of land. Such periods of large-scale glaciation may last several million years and drastically reshape surface features of entire continents. A number of major ice ages have occurred throughout the Earth's history; the most recent periods were during the Pleistocene Epoch (1.8 million–10,000 years ago). |
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Then, after about 1,000 years, the climate suddenly returned to the warm, interglacial period that continues today. For the past 10,000 years, the Earth has been experiencing an interglacial period with slight temperature fluctuations. And data from ice cores suggest that previous interglacial periods were warmer than the one we're going through now. |
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