glaciation
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It started with a period of glaciation that must have been a chilly change from the greenhouse-like Oligocene, and ended with a prolonged period of glaciation, too.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2025
Perhaps that helped kick off a global glaciation, Dr. Dutkiewicz said, but it couldn’t have kept Earth frozen for 56 million years on its own.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
"The new study proves that this circumpolar current is not what caused the Antarctic glaciation but the consequence of the ice formation."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 5, 2024
Massive ice sheets covered wide swathes of the continent - reaching as far south as Illinois - amid extensive glaciation.
From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2023
Third, the hypothesis calls for the constant and frequent repetition of glaciation at absolutely regular intervals.
From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Ellsworth Huntington
