ice age
period of long-term reduction in temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere
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Summary
ice age ranks in the top 0.31% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,794 views/month, #245 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: climate era[2]
- Commons category: Ice ages[3]
- Has part(s): glacial period[4], interglacial period[5]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ice ages[6]
- Facet of: geologic time scale[7]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8], The New Student's Reference Work[9]
- Topic has template: Template:Ice ages[10]
- Different from: Epoka lodowcowa[11]
- Studied by: climatology[12], Quaternary[13], stratigraphy[14], palaeogeography[15]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Climate change[16], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17]
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Influence
Things named for ice age include Employment Ice Age[18], a recession[19], in Japan[20] and Ice Age Trail[21], a long-distance trail[22], in United States[23].
Why It Matters
ice age has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]
Entities named for it include Employment Ice Age[18], a recession[19], in Japan[20] and Ice Age Trail[21], a long-distance trail[22], in United States[23].