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Meanings of interglacial period in English

Russian
интергляциал
Portuguese
estágio interglaciar
Spanish
interglacial
Catalan
període interglacial

Interval of time within an ice age that is marked by warmer temperatures.

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интергляциал
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Examples for "interglacial"
Examples for "interglacial"
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The Earth is currently in another interglacial period called Holocene.
The South African
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Most European geologists count four distinct extensions of the ice-sheet, with three interglacial periods.
The Story of Evolution
3
The German and many English and French geologists distinguish four sheets and three interglacial epochs.
The Story of Evolution
4
During every previous similar interglacial period, of which there are at least seven, greenhouse-gas levels fell.
Wired
5
The interglacial worlds are just FULL of animals.
The Long Earth
Usage of interglacial period in English
1
The Earth is currently in another interglacial period called Holocene.
The South African
2
During every previous similar interglacial period, of which there are at least seven, greenhouse-gas levels fell.
Wired
3
We are now living in an interglacial period which began 10,000 years ago.
The Irish Times
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This was an interglacial period in which Arctic regions of North America were covered in forests and wetlands.
The Guardian
5
During the present interglacial period, polar life in the Southern Ocean is sustained mainly by large-scale primary production.
Pubmed
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Kopp's team reconstructed the sea levels in the last interglacial period, around 125,000 years ago.
The Guardian
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The first humans probably arrived during a warm interglacial period, but may have retreated as temperatures plummeted in subsequent ice ages.
The Guardian
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The land apparently sank under the burden, the ice and snow melted at the lower level and there was a temperate interglacial period.
The Story of Evolution
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Discusses theories about an ice age on Mars, interglacial period on the planet, the evolution of Mars and the possibilities of life there.
The new yorker
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We are now living in an interglacial period in an ice age that began about 2.6 million years ago.
The Irish Times
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It took nearly 10,000 years to raise temperatures by 1 degree Celsius in the last interglacial period, he says.
BBC
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It is now generally believed that man came north in the third interglacial period; though some high authorities think that he came in the second.
The Story of Evolution
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Global average temperatures would surpass that of any interglacial period (the warmer eras between Ice Ages) of the last 1.2 million years.
The South African
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Most European geologists count four distinct extensions of the ice-sheet, with three interglacial periods.
The Story of Evolution
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The men of this race lived in Europe from the Third Interglacial period through the Fourth Glacial.
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) / A Plain Story Simply Tol...
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This information is useful for unraveling the processes associated with past climate changes such as those from glacial and interglacial periods.
Pubmed