Greenhouse gases caused glacial retreat during last Ice Age. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 08 / 150821082727.htm. Oregon State University.

Scientists have nailed down the temperature of the last ice age -- the Last Glacial Maximum of 20,000 years ago - to about 46 degrees Fahrenheit. Share: Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIN Email.

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Importantly, more than 200 specimens were found below an archaeological layer that corresponds to the peak of the last Ice Age. (Archaeologists call this peak the Last Glacial Maximum.) During ...