Sea levels fall and rise with each period of freezing and thawing ... including the climate. At the start of the Quaternary, the continents were just about where they are today, slowing inching ...

Understanding how ice sheets behaved during the Quaternary Period, spanning the last 2.6 million years, is critical for predicting their future responses to climate change. Ice sheet growth and ...

There are times when the global climate is warmer (interglacial phases ... The Holocene and Pleistocene are part of the Quaternary Period of Earth's history.

Hundreds of large mammal species disappeared during the transition from the last glaciation to the present interglacial period, from around 50,000 to 5,000 years ago. We are looking at the effects of ...

These are crucial for understanding climate change in the recent geological past (the Quaternary Period, spanning the last 2.6 million years), which provides a framework for understanding a diverse ...