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Holocene
Glaciations are the times during which glaciers grew and covered large parts of continents. An interglacial period is a geological time between glaciations.
The present ice age has not ended, it started about 2.58 million years ago and we are living in an interglacial, (warm), period.
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.
Adjective:Of or relating to a period of milder climate between two glacial periods. Noun:An interglacial 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.
Holocene
We are currently in an interglacial period within the ice age which started about 2.6 million years ago.
The present ice age has not ended, it started about 2.58 million years ago and we are living in an interglacial, (warm), period.
interglacial
Glaciations are the times during which glaciers grew and covered large parts of continents. An interglacial period is a geological time between glaciations.
The present ice age has not ended, it started about 2.58 million years ago and we are living in an interglacial, (warm), period.
interglacial
The present Ice Age started about 2.58 million years ago and the last one ended in 10,000 BC. We are living in a warm period in the ice age called an interglacial.
The present ice age exists now and it started about 2.6 million years ago. We are living in a warm period between glaciations called an interglacial.
A warm period. But have a crack at "interglacial" in wikipedia.