Long term changes to glaciers

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When was the Holecene?

11,700 years ago until now

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What was the Quaternary period characterised by?

Long glacials interrupted by short interglacials

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When was teh Loch Lomand Stadial?

between approximately 12,900 and 11,700 years ago

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What was the Loch Lomand Stadial

a period of abrupt, severe cold that interrupted the warming trend after the last ice age, causing glaciers to re-advance in the Scottish Highlands and other upland areas of Britain.

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What do some say we are entering a period of?

Anthropocene

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When was the Little ice age?

Temperatures fell by 1 degree, winters were in a deep freeze