Ice Age
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- period during which polar ice extends to much lower latitudes than normal and global temperatures are lowered substantially.
NCDC National Climatic Data Center - Cite This Source - This Definition - chronology, glacial, interglacial, visual stratigraphy
- A time of widespread glaciation.
NOAA National Weather Service - Cite This Source - This Definition - Arctic sea smoke, Brackish Ice, Brash Ice, Clear Ice, Corn Snow Ice, Deformed Ice, Dendrites, Diffuse Ice, Drifting Ice, Flooded Ice, Grounded ice, Hummocked Ice, Ice Boom, Ice Nucleus, Ice Shove, Ice Storm, Icing, Pancake Ice, Pressure Ice, Ridge Ice, Rime Ice, Rotten Ice, RVI, Sea Ice, Severe Icing