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A time of widespread glaciation.
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Ice Age - a time of widespread glaciation
Ice Crystal - any one of a number of crystalline forms of ice which are visible to the naked eye ...
Ice Age
A period approximately 18,000 years ago when ice covered a large part of the Earth's surface
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ice age A glacial epoch or time of extensive glacial activity. Also, as Ice Age, which refers to the latest glacial epoch, the Pleistocene Epoch. ice and snow albedo The reflectivity of ice and snow-covered surfaces.
Ice age- Periods in the history of the earth characterized by a growth of the ice caps towards the equator and a general lowering of global surface temperatures, especially in temperate mid-latitudes.
Little Ice Age The period from about 1550 to 1850 when average global temperatures were lower, and alpine glaciers increased in size and advanced down mountain valleys.
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Ice ages- Cold time periods in Earth's history, during which glaciers covered large parts of the surface.
Infrared radiation- A form of energy with wave-lengths that are longer than visible light.
Ice Age(2)
Period during which polar ice extends to much lower latitudes than normal.
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Ice AgeA time of widespread glaciation.Ice BoomIn hydrologic terms, a floating structure designed to retain ice.Ice BridgeIn hydrologic terms, a continuous ice cover of limited size extending from shore to shore like a bridge.
Earth has undergone periodic climate shifts in the past, including four major ice ages. These consisting of glacial periods where conditions are colder than normal, separated by interglacial periods.
Dickens' era was at the end of an extremely cold period meteorologists have dubbed ''the little ice age'' which lasted from 1400 until the 1850s. In the early part of the century, the River Thames froze over 20 times.
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As a result Northwestern Europe dropped back to ice age conditions within tens of years.
to mask the land surface contours, in contrast to the smaller and thinner highland ice. The continental glacier of Greenland is sometimes called the Inland Ice. This term is often used to describe the great ice masses that characterized the ice ages.
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