ice age

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Sir Keir Starmer's visit to China this week is the clearest sign yet the two countries are seeking to end the diplomatic "ice age" that has defined their relationship.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

In the team's computer simulations, the effect was strong enough to trigger an ice age.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025

"At the end of the day, does it matter much if the start of the next ice age is 50, 100, or 200 thousand years into the future?"

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025

On the floors of many valleys and craters, swirling, grooved patterns reveal where icy material once moved during an earlier martian ice age.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025

During the last ice age, this was about as far as the ice sheets got.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson