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What does interglacial mean?
Adjective:Of or relating to a period of milder climate between two glacial periods. Noun:An interglacial period.
Was there an ice age 120 thousand years ago?
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 current interglacial period is known as?
Holocene
Which period of an ice age are you in currently?
We are currently in an interglacial period within the ice age which started about 2.6 million years ago.
What is the time period between ice age?
interglacial
What is the difference about glaciation and an interglacial period?
Glaciations are the times during which glaciers grew and covered large parts of continents. An interglacial period is a geological time between glaciations.
What The time period between ice ages is called?
interglacial
What is the time between ice ages called?
A warm period. But have a crack at "interglacial" in wikipedia.
Is the climate currently considered to be in an ice age?
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.
Why does sea level rise and fall during interglacial and glacial periods?
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.
Are you in the Quaternary Period?
Yes. We currently live in an "interglacial period" of the Quaternary Ice Age. Some people confuse "ice age" with a "glacial period" within an ice age.
What is earths current global climate?
The earth's current global climate is an interglacial period within an ice age.
