Climate Change

Climate Change

1. The Quaternary period is the most recent geological time period, spanning from 2.6 million years ago to present days.

2. In the period before the Quaternary, the Earth's climate was warmer and quite stable.

3. During the Quaternary, global tempretures has shifted between cold glacial periods that last for 100,000 years and warmer interglacial periods that last for 10,000 years.

4. The last glacial period ended around 15,000 years ago. Since then the climate has been getting warmer.

5. Global warming is the term used for the sharp rise in global tempretures over the last century. It's a type of climate change.