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changes that occurred during the last ice age
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In the past, researchers have pinned culpability on the rapidly warming climate, arguing that Pleistocene beasts were unable to adapt as the world climbed out of an ice age.
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Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
Sharks have survived meteor strikes, the formation of the continents and the ice age.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
During one of the past ice ages, these maples proliferated around Texas.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 7 Nov. 2024
As Kolbert notes, scientists believe there have been at least 10 ice ages over the past 2.5 million years, initiated by Jupiter and Saturn’s influence on Earth.
—Longreads, 11 Oct. 2024
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Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
Sharks have survived meteor strikes, the formation of the continents and the ice age.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
During one of the past ice ages, these maples proliferated around Texas.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 7 Nov. 2024
As Kolbert notes, scientists believe there have been at least 10 ice ages over the past 2.5 million years, initiated by Jupiter and Saturn’s influence on Earth.
—Longreads, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Ice age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20age. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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