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DERNIER INTERGLACIAIRE [1 record]

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Record 1 2020-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

A period of the Earth's geological history (between 130,000 and 115,000 years [before present]) characterized by a climate warmer than today, with a higher global sea level and smaller ice-sheets.

CONT

The earliest warm peak (Eem) of the last interglacial (around 120,000-80,000 years ago) was perhaps 2-3Cº warmer in the mid- to high-latitudes than today, and broad expanses of deciduous forests extended north into areas now occupied only by non-deciduous species.

Key term(s)
  • last inter-glacial
  • last inter-glaciation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
CONT

Le climat actuel est celui d'un interglaciaire qui a débuté il y a 10 000 ans environ. Au cours de la dernière glaciation qui a connu son maximum, il y a 18 000 ans, le nord de l'Europe et de l'Amérique du Nord ont été recouverts de calottes de glace de plusieurs kilomètres d'épaisseur. L'interglaciaire précédent remonte à 120 000 ans.

Spanish

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