glaciation
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"Our findings reveal that the Earth's interior preconditions landscapes to glaciation, determining when and where major climate transitions like the glaciation of Antarctica become possible," explained Prof Gernon.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 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
The localization of glaciation is assignable to the two great areas of permanent atmospheric depression that have their present centres near Greenland and the Aleutian Islands respectively.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various
