Examples of ice age in a Sentence
changes that occurred during the last ice age
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After 22 months—the typical elephant gestation period—an ice age mammoth should, at least theoretically, be born into the computer-age world.
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
This is due to glacial isostatic adjustment − land that was once compressed under the weight of ice age glaciers is now rebounding and moving upwards.
—Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
Related: An interstellar cloud may have caused an ice age on Earth.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2025
The same carbon-sequestering abilities that helped trigger an ice age could be harnessed to mitigate modern climate change.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
This is due to glacial isostatic adjustment − land that was once compressed under the weight of ice age glaciers is now rebounding and moving upwards.
—Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
Related: An interstellar cloud may have caused an ice age on Earth.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2025
The same carbon-sequestering abilities that helped trigger an ice age could be harnessed to mitigate modern climate change.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ice age
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“Ice age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20age. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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