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May 18, 2024 · Younger Dryas, cool period between roughly 12,900 and 11,600 years ago that disrupted the prevailing warming trend in the Northern Hemisphere at the end of the Pleistocene. During this period, parts of Europe and North America returned to ice age conditions; other parts of the Northern Hemisphere cooled less severely.
May 20, 2024 · The period between ice ages once lasted around 41 000 years, but around 1 million years ago, this pacing slowed to around 100 000 years – a shift known as the Mid-Pleistocene Transition.
Feb 28, 2024 · Human-Dinosaur Coexistence. Contrary to popular belief, humans did not exist alongside dinosaurs. There was a gap of approximately 65 million years between the extinction of dinosaurs and the appearance of humans on Earth.
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5 days ago · Frozen water is coated in a layer of molecules that behave like a liquid. A new experiment visualizes the surface of ice and hints at the origins of its quasi-liquid layer. Ice’s melty coating ...
May 10, 2024 · Glaciers that exist today are mostly remnants of the last ice age. Thick sheets of ice advanced and retreated across most continents several times before withdrawing to the polar regions about 10,000 years ago. Continent-scale ice sheets still cover Greenland and Antarctica, while smaller ice caps and glaciers retreated to the world's high ...
4 days ago · The Holocene ( / ˈhɒl.əsiːn, - oʊ -, ˈhoʊ.lə -, - loʊ -/) [2] [3] is the current geological epoch, beginning approximately 11,700 years ago. [4] . It follows the Last Glacial Period, which concluded with the Holocene glacial retreat. [4] . The Holocene and the preceding Pleistocene [5] together form the Quaternary period.
