interglacial
adjective geology specialized uk/ˌɪn.təˈɡleɪ.si.əl/ us/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈɡleɪ.ʃəl/
间冰期的
relating to, or happening during, a period of warmer climate between two glacial (= extremely cold) periods
The species survived the last interglacial period of global warming. 该物种在全球变暖的最后一个间冰期存活下来。
They did not realize the extent of interglacial flooding which filled pre-glacial valleys. 他们没有意识到填满前冰河期山谷的间冰期洪水的程度。
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- Warm interglacial periods comprised less than 10 per cent of the time and on average lasted only 10,000 years.
- In these various ways the interglacial intervals left records of their former existence.
- What caused the interglacial temperatures to crash during the Pleistocene?
interglacial
noun [ C ] geology specialized uk/ˌɪn.təˈɡleɪ.si.əl/ us/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈɡleɪ.ʃəl/
间冰期
a period of warmer climate between two glacial (= extremely cold) periods
Some people say we're at the end of an interglacial and should be headed into an ice age. 有人说我们处于间冰期的末期，应该会进入冰河期。
The fallow deer was a native of most of Europe during the last interglacial. 扁角鹿是上一个间冰期常见于欧洲大部分地区的本土动物。
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- Are we now coming out of an ice age, or merely within an interglacial ?
- Normal for the last million plus years has been the ice age regime; interglacials such as the Holocene are the exception.
- Concentrations of less than 220 ppmv would terminate the current interglacial.