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

Again, in mountainous regions, such as the glacial areas of Alaska and Chile, the glaciation ought not to be confined to the windward slope of the mountains so closely as is actually the fact.

From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth