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
The project was inspired by the glacial debris left by the ancient glaciation from this period that can be spectacularly observed in the Flinders Ranges in South Australia.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2024
Earth’s glaciation, they say, may have come from a global drop in carbon dioxide emissions, a result of fewer volcanoes expelling the gas into the atmosphere.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
Massive ice sheets covered wide swathes of the continent - reaching as far south as Illinois - amid extensive glaciation.
From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2023
Second, Croll's hypothesis demands that glaciation in the northern and southern hemisphere take place alternately.
From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Ellsworth Huntington
