glacial period

noun

1. any period of time during which a large part of the earth's surface was covered with ice, due to the advance of glaciers, as in the late Carboniferous period, and during most of the Pleistocene; glaciation
2. often capitals the Pleistocene epoch

Example Sentences

Yet the creature had survived other instances of warming between glacial periods—even some as warm as today—Fordham says.

From Science Magazine

In the case of the last glacial period 100,000 years ago, ice cores from Greenland in particular provide researchers with detailed data.

From Science Daily

The current glacial period has lasted for almost 2.6 million years, but we are currently in an interglacial period, now being exacerbated and likely prolonged by human greenhouse gas emissions.

From Science Daily

It’s that high because past research was based on wrong calculations of how fast the world warmed between glacial periods, Hansen said.

From Seattle Times

"This is what we think happened during the last glacial period. But we don't know how strongly -- or how fast -- these currents will respond to ocean warming."

From Science Daily