The Pleistocene epoch
Frozen era?
Frozen era?
another word for ice age it Pleistocene
The last ice age ended 100 000 years ago.
No. The last ice age was triggered by fluctuations in Earth's orbit.
The last ice age, known as the Great Ice Age or the Pleistocene Epoch, lasted from about 2.6 million years ago to around 11,700 years ago. So, it has been approximately 11,700 years since the last ice age ended.
Changes in the earth's rotation can lead to an ice age. Scientists believe the earth's orbit and tilt caused the last ice age and may cause another one in the near future.
The last glacial period is sometimes colloquially referred to as the 'last ice age'. But the use of 'ice age' is incorrect. Glacials, on the other hand, refer to colder phases within an ice age that separate interglacials. The end of the last glacial period is not the end of the last ice age. The end of the last glacial period was about 10,500 BCE, while the end of the last ice age has not yet come.
Another name for ice at the poles is polar ice or polar ice caps.
ice age: continental drift
The Great Lakes were created by glaciers in the last ice age.
Ice Age The Melt-Down