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Ice Age is an American media franchise centering on a group of mammals surviving the Pleistocene ice age. It consists of computer-animated films, short films, TV specials and a series of video games.
Last Glacial Period, the most recent glacial period (115,000 to 11,700 years ago) Late Cenozoic Ice Age, the geologic period of the last 33.9 million years. Little Ice Age, a period of relative cold in certain regions from roughly 1450–1480.
The Last Glacial Period (LGP), also known colloquially as the Last Ice Age or simply the 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.
Mar 11, 2015 · Scientists have recorded five significant ice ages throughout the Earth’s history: the Huronian (2.4-2.1 billion years ago), Cryogenian (850-635 million years ago), Andean-Saharan (460-430...
Jun 20, 2024 · 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.
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'.
Sep 28, 2021 · An ice age ends when the Earth warms enough for the ice cover to recede, or disappear completely. The regions on the fringes of extensive ice sheets and glaciers experience a cooling to...
Feb 3, 2021 · Periodically, global temperatures drop, ice sheets form at the poles, then the ice creeps down to cover the continents. We call these ice ages. There have been five major ice ages in Earth’s 4.5-billion-year history. The last one began about 2.5 to 3 million years ago. And get this: it’s still going on.
Feb 20, 2024 · February 20, 2024. Thousands of people walking and playing across the frozen River Thames. Soldiers on horseback capturing ships stuck in the ice. Indigenous populations using snowshoes to...
Jul 15, 2021 · 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 ranges like Africa's Mt. Kilimanjaro and...
