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Science glossary film: Interglacial period

Interglacial period

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A period of warmer climate in between the glacial periods of an ice age.

A period of warmer climate in between the glacial periods of an ice age. We are currently in an interglacial period that began about 15,000 years ago. As a result, the Earth is experiencing typically mild interglacial conditions, in between the extremes of glaciation and the warmer periods when ice has been completely absent from the planet's surface.

We are currently in an interglacial period that began about 15,000 years ago. As a result, the Earth is experiencing typically mild interglacial conditions, in between the extremes of glaciation and the warmer periods when ice has been completely absent from the planet's surface.

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