Glaciations are the times during which glaciers grew and covered large parts of continents. An interglacial period is a geological time between glaciations.
interglacial
Technically, yes. Ice ages are not continuous periods of cold, but rather have cycles of colder glacial periods and warmer interglacial periods. We are currently in an interglacial period.
During a glacial period (ice-age), a lot of water is held as ice, so lowering the sea level. When the ice melts during an interglacial period, the released water raises the sea level.
The present ice age has not ended, it started about 2.58 million years ago and we are living in an interglacial, (warm), period.
The Earth was in an interglacial period of warming called the Sangamon Interglacial at this time period. The Illinois glaciation preceded it, and the Wisconsin episode of glaciation followed it. We are currently in an interglacial period known as the Holocene.
The earth's current global climate is an interglacial period within an ice age.
Adjective:Of or relating to a period of milder climate between two glacial periods. Noun:An interglacial period.
We are currently in an interglacial period within the ice age which started about 2.6 million years ago.
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interglacial
Glaciations are the times during which glaciers grew and covered large parts of continents. An interglacial period is a geological time between glaciations.
interglacial
A warm period. But have a crack at "interglacial" in wikipedia.
Holocene
Technically, yes. Ice ages are not continuous periods of cold, but rather have cycles of colder glacial periods and warmer interglacial periods. We are currently in an interglacial period.
During a glacial period (ice-age), a lot of water is held as ice, so lowering the sea level. When the ice melts during an interglacial period, the released water raises the sea level.