Examples of ice age in a Sentence
changes that occurred during the last ice age
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His team also thinks the waves could influence the timing and location of major climatic events such as ice ages, by increasing the exposure of rocks that absorb carbon dioxide.
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Byhannah Richter, science.org, 7 Aug. 2024
Our own planet is still wobbling from the effects of the last ice age.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2024
However, the exact time of a day — one rotation of the Earth — varies due to lunar tides, climate impacts, and some other factors, such as the slow rebound of the Earth’s crust after the retreat of ice sheets formed in the last ice age.
—Damian Carrington, Vox, 17 July 2024
As the climate cooled, however, their habitat shrank, and their physiology — short bulky legs without spreading hooves or pads —would have made moving through deep snow that formed after the last ice age difficult.
—Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2024
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Byhannah Richter, science.org, 7 Aug. 2024
Our own planet is still wobbling from the effects of the last ice age.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2024
However, the exact time of a day — one rotation of the Earth — varies due to lunar tides, climate impacts, and some other factors, such as the slow rebound of the Earth’s crust after the retreat of ice sheets formed in the last ice age.
—Damian Carrington, Vox, 17 July 2024
As the climate cooled, however, their habitat shrank, and their physiology — short bulky legs without spreading hooves or pads —would have made moving through deep snow that formed after the last ice age difficult.
—Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2024
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“Ice age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20age. Accessed 28 Sep. 2024.
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