Quaternary glaciation
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title:
Quaternary glaciation
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The Quaternary glaciation, also known as the Pleistocene glaciation, is an alternating series of glacial and interglacial periods during the Quaternary period that began 2.58 Ma and is ongoing. Although geologists describe this entire period up to the present as an "ice age", in popular culture this term usually refers to the most recent glacial period, or to the Pleistocene epoch in general. Since Earth still has polar ice sheets, geologists consider the Quaternary glaciation to be ongoing, tho
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Series of alternating glacial and interglacial periods
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternary_glaciation
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2024-04-27T04:13:10Z
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