ice ages
Periods in the history of the Earth when large glaciers covered much of the surface of the continents.
Notes for ice ages
The last ice age ended less than twenty thousand years ago.
Notes for ice ages
Scientists believe that there will be more ice ages in the future, caused by tiny changes in the Earth's orbit and rotation.
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How to use ice ages in a sentence
It apparently holds the story of two widely separated ice ages.
The Rocky Mountain Wonderland | Enos A. MillsI was contemporaneous with the lives precariously spent between the ebb and flood of the ice ages.
San Cristbal de la Habana | Joseph HergesheimerThe long ice-ages of the earth appear to have their sway, go, and return.
The Rocky Mountain Wonderland | Enos A. MillsSome, indeed, speak of a series of Ice-Ages, but we need not discuss the verbal question.
The Story of Evolution | Joseph McCabeUpheaval is the one constant and clearly recognisable feature associated with, or preceding, ice-ages.
The Story of Evolution | Joseph McCabe
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