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During their many millions of years on Earth, reptiles have survived dramatic climate shifts, living through ice ages and intense heat.—Elizabeth Preston, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025 The film, in which three massive storms plunge the earth into a new ice age, goes beyond the realms of reality.—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 Dec. 2025 Fifty years ago a fascinating weather anomaly blanketed the United States in arctic, snowy weather and temporarily spawned fears of a new ice age.—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025 The results, published in the journal Science, show that by nearly 11,000 years ago, just after the last ice age, dog skulls were already different from those of wolves.—NPR, 26 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ice age
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