An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere. Ice Age may also refer to:

Ice Age is an American media franchise created by Michael J. Wilson, [1] centering on a group of mammals surviving the Pleistocene ice age. It consists of computer-animated films, short …

Mar 11, 2015 · An ice age is a period of colder global temperatures and recurring glacial expansion capable of lasting hundreds of millions of years.

Apr 8, 2025 · Ice age, any geologic period during which thick ice sheets cover vast areas of land. Such periods of large-scale glaciation may last several million years and drastically reshape …

The Pleistocene (/ ˈ p l aɪ s t ə ˌ s iː n,-s t oʊ-/ PLY-stə-seen, -⁠stoh-; [4] [5] referred to colloquially as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch that lasted from c. 2.58 million to 11,700 years ago, …

4 days ago · Previous analysis indicates that Earth endured a roughly 200–300 year long ice age starting around 540 CE. Scientists believe that powerful volcanic eruptions that hurled massive …

Feb 3, 2021 · Periodically, global temperatures drop, ice sheets form at the poles, then the ice creeps down to cover the continents. We call these ice ages. There have been five major ice …

May 24, 2017 · An ice age is a period in which the earth's climate is colder than normal, with ice sheets capping the poles and glaciers dominating higher altitudes. Within an ice age, there are …

・Ice age plants reveal clues about climate change and mass extinctions. The key, Lofverstrom believes, lies in an intricate system of oceanic and atmospheric interactions.

Apr 16, 2023 · The Ice Age, also known as the Pleistocene Epoch, was a period of geological time that lasted from about 2.6 million years ago to 11,700 years ago. It was characterized by …