glaciation

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That period coincides with major changes in Antarctica's climate system, including the beginning of widespread glaciation.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

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

Massive ice sheets covered wide swathes of the continent - reaching as far south as Illinois - amid extensive glaciation.

From Reuters • Oct. 5, 2023

In neither period were all parts of high latitudes glaciated; yet in both cases glaciation occurred in large regions in lower latitudes.

From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth