ClimateAugust 15, 2026

interglacial

IN-ter-GLAY-shul

Definition

A warmer geological period of time that occurs between two colder glacial periods (ice ages) when ice sheets retreat.

Etymology

The word is formed from the Latin prefix 'inter-', meaning 'between', and 'glacial', derived from the Latin 'glacies', meaning 'ice'.

In the news

The article explains that Earth is currently within an interglacial period known as the Holocene, highlighting that natural orbital cycles suggest another ice age is still thousands of years away.

The Ice Age That Never Came: Climate Myths Uncovered

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