glacial
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“That’s older than the iconic cave paintings in Europe and even older than the Last Glacial Maximum, when vast ice sheets covered much of the northern hemisphere,” the scientists report.
From Slate • Jul. 18, 2024
Instead, the new study focused on a period 21,000 years ago, known as the Last Glacial Maximum, when Earth was on average 6 degrees Celsius cooler than today.
From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2024
“These results add to the still scant but growing evidence of human presence in the Americas around the time of the Last Glacial Maximum,” she says.
From Scientific American • Oct. 5, 2023
Glacial flooding occurs when trapped water makes it way through thinning ice.
From BBC • Aug. 7, 2023
Results of Glacial Action.—A glacier is a degrading and an aggrading agent.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various
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