interglacial
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- noun
- /ˌɪntərˈɡleɪʃəl/
- Specialized
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interglacial
- During interglacials such as the one in which we live now, soils dry.
- Eemian interglacial
- the last interglacial
- the current interglacial
But your, your example, the Milankovic cycles that cause the oscillation between ice ages and interglacials is well chosen.
- But your, your example, the Milankovic cycles that cause the oscillation between ice ages and interglacials is well chosen.
Examples
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We're at the end of this current interglacial, as the following graphs indicate:
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On a much longer time scale, the snows of an interglacial are richer in this isotope than snows deposited during glaciation.
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There is a great deal of evidence to suggest that we are near the end of the current interglacial.
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The beginning of interglacials is especially interesting as it happens very quickly.
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We are in an interglacial; the last one, 125,000 years ago, was warmer.
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Indeed, something caused the various warm and cold periods during our present Holocene interglacial.
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If we fast forward to today: 75% of the current interglacial, the Holocene period, has been warmer than the last 20 years.
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According to some, our interglacial will last about 30,000 to 40,000 years more; some say even about 100,000 years.
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On the basis of the presence of distinct precession cycles (particularly during interglacials) and initial age modeling, we tuned the Fe/K record to precession.
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During an interglacial, the Earth's temperatures rise significantly, leading to the retreat of glaciers.
How Warm
Surface Forms
Morphology
interglacial = interglacial (semi-transparent) = inter + glacial
The adjective is compositionally clear as 'inter-' plus 'glacial', but the noun sense is a specialized climatic period term formed by conversion from the adjective.
Etymology
The word interglacial comes from inter- meaning 'between' and glacial, from a word for 'ice' like glacier. An interglacial is a warm period 'between' ice ages when glaciers shrink and temperatures rise.