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Temperature proxies for the last 40,000 years A map of vegetation patterns during the last glacial maximum. The average global temperature about 21,000 years ago was about 6 °C (11 °F) colder than today.
CLIMAP has been a cornerstone of paleoclimate research and remains the most used sea surface temperature reconstruction of the global ocean during the last glacial maximum (Yin and Battisti 2001), but it has also been persistently controversial. CLIMAP resulted in estimates of global cooling of only 3.0 ± 0.6 °C relative to the modern day ...
A chronology of climatic events of importance for the Last Glacial Period, about the last 120,000 years The Last Glacial Period caused a much lower global sea level.. The Last Glacial Period (LGP), also known as the Last glacial cycle, occurred from the end of the Last Interglacial to the beginning of the Holocene, c. 115,000 – c. 11,700 years ago, and thus corresponds to most of the ...
The last advance covered most of northern North America between c. 95,000 and c. 20,000 years before the present day and, ... at the Last Glacial Maximum. [11]
Glacial history of Minnesota; Glacial period – Interval of time within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances; Ice age – Period of long-term reduction in temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere; Last Glacial Period – Period of major glaciations of the Northern Hemisphere (115,000–12,000 years ago)
Globally, the temperatures during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) were 4.0 ± 0.8 °C cooler than present day. [3] The colder climate contributed to ice sheet growth in North America, Europe, and Antarctica. At this time there were further major climate shifts around the world. Some areas became too dry to support much life; others housed more ...
In the northern hemisphere, the last glacial maximum reached about 40˚ N in North America, covering the Great Lakes. In Scandinavia, it extended down to about 52˚ N, affecting parts of Britain and the northern regions of Europe. [1] The majority of the ice coverage was over land, allowing for major retreat during glacial periods. [2]
Abbassia Pluvial wet in North Africa 108,000–8,000: Last Glacial Period, not to be confused with the Last Glacial Maximum or Late Glacial Maximum below. (The following events also fall into this period.) 48,000–28,000: Mousterian Pluvial wet in North Africa 26,500–19,000: Last Glacial Maximum, what is often meant in popular usage by "Last ...