ice age

period of long-term reduction in temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere
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ice age

Summary

ice age ranks in the top 0.31% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,333 views/month, #245 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • ice age is a type of climate era[2].
  • ice age's Commons category is recorded as Ice ages[3].
  • ice age comprises glacial period[4].
  • ice age comprises interglacial period[5].
  • ice age's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ice ages[6].
  • ice age's facet of is recorded as geologic time scale[7].
  • ice age's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8].
  • ice age's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9].
  • ice age's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10].
  • ice age's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[11].
  • ice age's topic has template is recorded as Template:Ice ages[12].
  • ice age's different from is recorded as Epoka lodowcowa[13].
  • ice age's studied by is recorded as climatology[14].
  • ice age's studied by is recorded as Quaternary[15].
  • ice age's studied by is recorded as stratigraphy[16].
  • ice age's studied by is recorded as palaeogeography[17].
  • ice age's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change[18].
  • ice age's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19].

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Definition and Type

ice age is a type of climate era[2].

Use and Application

Components include glacial period[4] and interglacial period[5].

Influence

Things named for ice age include Employment Ice Age[20], a recession[21], in Japan[22] and Ice Age Trail[23], a long-distance trail[24], in United States[25].

Why It Matters

ice age ranks in the top 0.31% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,333 views/month, #245 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Entities named for it include Employment Ice Age[20], a recession[21], in Japan[22] and Ice Age Trail[23], a long-distance trail[24], in United States[25].

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  1. [20] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from Epoka lodowcowa
    Subclass of
    On focus list of wikimedia project WikiProject Climate change, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Studied by climatology, Quaternary, stratigraphy +1
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 8231, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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