Examples of interglacial in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But if the dating proves correct, such an attribution is unlikely, as the sediments just above and below the impressions date to a period called the last interglacial, when the climate in the region was relatively warm and wet. — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, "Human Footprints Found in Saudi Arabia May Be 120,000 Years Old," 21 Sep. 2020 But in the warm periods between ice ages, known as interglacials, scientists assume the Atlantic circulation is stable. — Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, "Ancient warming threw this crucial Atlantic current into chaos. It could happen again," 26 Mar. 2020 Not all the difference in temperature between interglacials and ice ages was because of carbon dioxide. — The Economist, "The past, present and future of climate change," 21 Sep. 2019 Today’s level is 1.45 times higher than that of a typical interglacial. — The Economist, "The past, present and future of climate change," 21 Sep. 2019 Just like home Those ratios line up with climate models that suggest a wetter, more hospitable environment in Arabia, courtesy of a shift in Africa’s monsoons during periods of warmer global climate called interglacials. — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, "Archaeologists find 300,000-year-old stone tools in Saudi Arabia," 29 Oct. 2018 To begin with, there are far more signs of life during the interglacials, indicating that the area was probably covered by sea ice during glacial periods; sediments were much siltier during these times. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "Major Antarctic ice sheet shrank when it wasn’t much warmer than now," 20 Sep. 2018 The present interglacial, which also has not featured a major ice sheet retreat, looks similar to the earlier one where the glaciers also remained stable. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "Major Antarctic ice sheet shrank when it wasn’t much warmer than now," 20 Sep. 2018 Warm Air, Warm Ocean, Bad Juju Deconto and Pollard’s model shows how the West Antarctic ice could have collapsed 125,000 years ago, generating the high seas of the last interglacial. — National Geographic, "Why the New Sea Level Alarm Can't Be Ignored," 1 Apr. 2016

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