This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_glaciation 00:00:57 1 Known ice ages 00:01:07 2 Descriptions 00:02:46 3 Nomenclature of Quaternary glacial cycles 00:05:00 3.1 Historical nomenclature in the Alps 00:06:06 3.2 Historical nomenclature in Great Britain and Ireland 00:07:02 3.3 Historical nomenclature in Northern Europe 00:07:52 3.4 Historical nomenclature in North America 00:08:48 3.5 Historical nomenclature in South America 00:09:21 3.6 Uncertain correlations 00:10:30 4 Sources 00:10:45 5 See also Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio: https://assistant.google.com/services/invoke/uid/0000001a130b3f91 Other Wikipedia audio articles at: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wikipedia+tts Upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts Speaking Rate: 0.8748412212062494 Voice name: en-US-Wavenet-F "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= There have been five or six major ice ages in the history of Earth over the past 3 billion years. The Late Cenozoic Ice Age began 34 million years ago, its latest phase being the Quaternary glaciation, in progress since 2.58 million years ago. Within ice ages, there exist periods of more severe glacial conditions and more temperate referred to as glacial periods and interglacial periods, respectively. The Earth is currently in such an interglacial period of the Quaternary glaciation, with the last glacial period of the Quaternary having ended approximately 11,700 years ago, the current interglacial being known as the Holocene epoch. Based on climate proxies, paleoclimatologists study the different climate states originating from glaciation.

• published: 03 Oct 2019
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