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Indianapolis’s sinking, which the study found occurred at a rate of about 2 millimeters a year from 2015 to 2021, is probably a side effect of the last ice age, according to the study.—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 5 June 2025 The Kankakee Marsh was created after the last ice age, around 13,000 years ago.—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025 If too much ice is lost, parts of these ice sheets may not recover until the Earth enters the next ice age, the study suggests.—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 22 May 2025 Ground sloths achieved their greatest size during the last ice age—right before starting to disappear around 15,000 years ago.—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for ice age
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