Glacial period
Interval of time within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For longer glacial periods, see ice age.
For film, see Ice Age (2002 film).
A glacial period (alternatively glacial or glaciation) is an interval of time (thousands of years) within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances. Interglacials, on the other hand, are periods of warmer climate between glacial periods. The Last Glacial Period ended about 15,000 years ago.[1] The Holocene is the current interglacial. A time with no glaciers on Earth is considered a greenhouse climate state.[2][3][4]