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Meanings of interglacial period in английском

русский
интергляциал
португальский
estágio interglaciar
испанский
interglacial
каталонский
període interglacial

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

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      интергляциал
      Usage of interglacial period in английском
      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
      4
      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
      6
      Kopp's team reconstructed the sea levels in the last interglacial period, around 125,000 years ago.
      The Guardian
      7
      The first humans probably arrived during a warm interglacial period, but may have retreated as temperatures plummeted in subsequent ice ages.
      The Guardian
      8
      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
      9
      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
      10
      We are now living in an interglacial period in an ice age that began about 2.6 million years ago.
      The Irish Times
      11
      It took nearly 10,000 years to raise temperatures by 1 degree Celsius in the last interglacial period, he says.
      BBC
      12
      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
      13
      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
      14
      Most European geologists count four distinct extensions of the ice-sheet, with three interglacial periods.
      The Story of Evolution
      15
      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...
      16
      This information is useful for unraveling the processes associated with past climate changes such as those from glacial and interglacial periods.
      Pubmed