Earth's Ice Ages (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Earth's Ice Ages

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Over most of the last billion years, Earth has had little to no ice (white regions). However, ice has extended from the poles southward at least seven times (blue), including today, and twice covered nearly all of the planet.

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Nicholas Swanson-Hysell, UC Berkeley

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