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Also Known As | glacial epoch |
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Little Ice Ageglacial stagelast glacial maximumHeinrich eventglobal coolingglaciationDansgaard-Oeschger eventinterglaciationice sheetclimate changeglobal warminggreenhouse effectseasonSnowball Earth hypothesismethane burp hypothesisSlushball Earth hypothesis
Key People

Loren Eiseley
American anthropologist

Karl Alfred, knight von Zittel
German paleontologist

Eduard Brückner
Austrian geographer and climatologist
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