An
ice age
An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Earth's climate alternates between ice ages and gree ...
is a long period of reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere.
Ice Age may also refer to:
Science
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Last Glacial Period, the most recent glacial period (115,000 to 11,700 years ago)
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Late Cenozoic Ice Age
The Late Cenozoic Ice Age,National Academy of Sciences - The National Academies Press - Continental Glaciation through Geologic Times https://www.nap.edu/read/11798/chapter/8#80 or Antarctic Glaciation began 33.9 million years ago at the Eocen ...
, the geologic period of the last 33.9 million years
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Little Ice Age
The Little Ice Age (LIA) was a period of regional cooling, particularly pronounced in the North Atlantic region. It was not a true ice age of global extent. The term was introduced into scientific literature by François E. Matthes in 1939. Ma ...
, a period of relative cold in certain regions from roughly 1450–1480
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Pleistocene
The Pleistocene ( , often referred to as the ''Ice age'') is the geological Epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was fina ...
, a geologic epoch, often colloquially referred to as the "Ice Age", that includes the world's most recent repeated glaciations (2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago)
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Plio-Pleistocene
The Plio-Pleistocene is an informally described geological pseudo-period, which begins about 5 million years ago (Mya) and, drawing forward, combines the time ranges of the formally defined Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs—marking from about 5&nbs ...
, a geological pseudo-period
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Quaternary glaciation
The Quaternary glaciation, also known as the Pleistocene glaciation, is an alternating series of glacial and interglacial periods during the Quaternary period that began 2.58 Ma (million years ago) and is ongoing. Although geologists describe ...
, the geologic period of the last 2.58 million years
Film and television
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''Ice Age'' (TV show), a Russian ice show
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Ice Age Giants, a British BBC series
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Ice Age Oasis
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''Ice Age'' (franchise), an American media franchise
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''Ice Age'' (2002 film), the first film in the franchise
** ''
Ice Age: The Meltdown'', a 2006 sequel
** ''
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs'', a 2009 sequel
** ''
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas'', a 2011 TV special
** ''
Ice Age: Continental Drift'', a 2012 sequel
** ''
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade'', a 2016 TV special
** ''
Ice Age: Collision Course'', a 2016 sequel
** ''
The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
''The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild'' is a 2022 computer animation, computer-animated adventure comedy film directed by John C. Donkin, in his feature directorial debut, with a screenplay by Jim Hecht, Ray DeLaurentis, and William Schifrin. I ...
'', a 2022 spin-off.
** ''
Ice Age: Scrat Tales'', a 2022 spinoff series
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''Ice Age'' (1975 film), a West German drama film
Music
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Ice Age (band), an American progressive metal band formed in the 1990s
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Iceage
Iceage is a Danish punk rock band from Copenhagen. The band was formed in 2008 and has released the albums ''New Brigade'' (2011), ''You're Nothing'' (2013), ''Plowing Into the Field of Love'' (2014), ''Beyondless'' (2018), and ''Seek Shelte ...
, a Danish punk rock band formed in 2008
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Ice Age Entertainment
Ice Age Entertainment is a record label created and owned by southern rapper Mike Jones and business partner Ray "Mello" Moore. The record label was created in 2001. Jones was signed with Swishahouse, in 2004 Swishahouse signed a deal with Asy ...
, an American record label
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Ice Ages (band) Ice Ages is an Austrian dark electro/ industrial darkwave band signed to Napalm Records. The band is a one-man band consisting of Richard Lederer from Summoning and Die Verbannten Kinder Evas.
Biography
Richard Lederer began Ice Ages in 1997 with ...
, an Austrian dark electro music project
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"Ice Age" (song), by How to Destroy Angels, 2012
* "Ice Age", a song by Band of Susans from ''
The Word and the Flesh'', 1991
* "Ice Age", a song by Jefferson Airplane from ''
Jefferson Airplane
Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band based in San Francisco, California, that became one of the pioneering bands of psychedelic rock. Formed in 1965, the group defined the San Francisco Sound and was the first from the Bay Area to ac ...
'', 1989
* "Ice Age", a song by Joy Division from ''
Still'', 1981
Other uses
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Ice Age (''Magic: The Gathering''), a block of sets for the collectible card game
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''Ice Age'' (video game), the name of several video games
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''The Ice Age'' (novel), by Margaret Drabble, 1977
See also
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Global cooling
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