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The last ice age ended around 12,000 years ago and started about 115,000 years ago[1]. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Glacial_Period https://en.wikipedi
by njarboe 2y ago
The last ice age ended around 12,000 years ago and started about 115,000 years ago[1].
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Glacial_Period https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Glacial_Period
- tiffanyh 2y ago> We know that the Earth has had at least five major ice ages. The first one happened about 2 billion years ago and lasted about 300 million years. The most recent one started about 2.6 million years ago, and in fact, we are still technically in it. https://www.space.com/ice-ages-on-earth-could-humans-survive https://www.space.com/ice-ages-on-earth-could-humans-survive
- masklinn 2y agoIce age are properly defined as periods of "extensive ice sheets" at the poles, contrasted with "greenhouse periods" of no polar ice sheets (or glaciers). Ice ages are comprised of glacial and interglacial periods. The Last Glacial Period is... a glacial period. We're currently in an interglacial. But still an ice age, since there's ice at the poles (for now anyway).
- njarboe 2y agoThanks for the info. I was just using ice age in the same way the parent was. Glacial Period is more technically correct.