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Interglacial
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interglacial [¦in·tər′glā·shəl]
(geology)
Pertaining to or formed during a period of geologic time between two successive glacial epochs or between two glacial stages.
Interglacial 

a period between the cold ice ages of the Anthropogenic [Quaternary] period. The interglacials were characterized by a comparatively warm climate and the complete disappearance of the ice sheet in temperate latitudes.
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Until now, temperatures during the warm periods between ice ages - known as interglacials - were thought to be only slightly warmer.
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Earth did indeed plunge into an ice age about every 100,000 years, punctuated by warm spells, or interglacials, that lasted about 10,000 years.
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