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| − | Between ice ages, there is a warmer period that is called an interglacial that occurs about every two hundred thousand years. The interglacial that we are living right now is called the Holocene. Interglacials typically have heavy rainfall near the equator and relatively moderate (as compared to ice ages) temperatures near the poles. Many animals must adapt or move during these periods to stay alive. | + | Between ice ages, there is a warmer period that is called an interglacial that occurs about every two hundred thousand years. The interglacial that we are living right now is called the Holocene. Interglacials typically have heavy rainfall near the equator and relatively moderate (as compared to ice ages) temperatures near the poles. Many animals must adapt or move during these periods to stay alive in the changing climate. |
'''Sources:''' Lab Manual page 25 and http://www.theregister.co.uk/Print/2013/09/11/wooly_mammoths_killed_by_climate_change/ | '''Sources:''' Lab Manual page 25 and http://www.theregister.co.uk/Print/2013/09/11/wooly_mammoths_killed_by_climate_change/ | ||
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Between ice ages, there is a warmer period that is called an interglacial that occurs about every two hundred thousand years. The interglacial that we are living right now is called the Holocene. Interglacials typically have heavy rainfall near the equator and relatively moderate (as compared to ice ages) temperatures near the poles. Many animals must adapt or move during these periods to stay alive in the changing climate.
Sources: Lab Manual page 25 and http://www.theregister.co.uk/Print/2013/09/11/wooly_mammoths_killed_by_climate_change/
