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  1. Mar 11, 2015 · Topics. Pre-History. Ice Age. By: History.com Editors. Updated: June 12, 2023 | Original: March 11, 2015. copy page link. Print Page. Hulton Fine Art Collection/Getty Images. An ice age is...

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    Science. Film and television. Music. Other uses. See also. Ice Age. Look up ice age in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere. Ice Age may also refer to: Science. Last Glacial Period, the most recent glacial period (115,000 to 11,700 years ago)

  3. ice age, any geologic period during which thick ice sheets cover vast areas of land. Such periods of large-scale glaciation may last several million years and drastically reshape surface features of entire continents. A number of major ice ages have occurred throughout Earth history.

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  4. The Last Glacial Period (LGP), also known colloquially as the Last Ice Age or simply Ice Age, occurred from the end of the Last Interglacial to the end of the Younger Dryas, encompassing the period c. 115,000 – c. 11,700 years ago.

  5. May 24, 2017 · An Ice Age is a period in which the earth's climate is colder than normal, with ice sheets capping the poles and glaciers dominating higher altitudes. Within an ice age, there are varying pulses of colder and warmer climatic conditions, known as 'glacials' and 'interglacials'.

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  6. Jul 15, 2021 · Prisma/Universal Images Group/Getty Images. The most recent ice age peaked between 24,000 and 21,000 years ago, when vast ice sheets covered North America and northern Europe, and mountain...

  7. Sep 28, 2021 · Ice ages change the Earth’s climatic belts. Temperate and tropical zones become restricted to the lower equatorial latitudes. A question that follows on from the definition of an ice age...

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