- plural of ice age.
ice ages
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The last ice age ended less than twenty thousand years ago.
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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The findings could reshape how scientists think about the origins of major ice ages.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
This prehistoric creature has survived ice ages, the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs, and continental drift.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The main long-term risks are corrosion of the copper canisters or earthquakes during future ice ages, which could potentially damage the capsules and cause radioactive fuel to leak, Kyllonen said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
And this flexibility is probably what “kept them going when they were dealing with ice ages, all kinds of environmental changes to their feeding grounds over the last several thousand years.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2024
The giant diprotodon appeared in Australia more than 1.5 million years ago and successfully weathered at least ten previous ice ages.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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