interglacial
noun
in·ter·gla·cial ˌin-tər-ˈglā-shəl 
: a warm period between glacial epochs
interglacial adjective
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web But if the dating proves correct, such an attribution is unlikely, as the sediments just above and below the impressions date to a period called the last interglacial, when the climate in the region was relatively warm and wet. 
Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2020 But in the warm periods between ice ages, known as interglacials, scientists assume the Atlantic circulation is stable. Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 26 Mar. 2020 Not all the difference in temperature between interglacials and ice ages was because of carbon dioxide. The Economist, 21 Sep. 2019 Today’s level is 1.45 times higher than that of a typical interglacial. The Economist, 21 Sep. 2019 Just like home Those ratios line up with climate models that suggest a wetter, more hospitable environment in Arabia, courtesy of a shift in Africa’s monsoons during periods of warmer global climate called interglacials. Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 29 Oct. 2018 To begin with, there are far more signs of life during the interglacials, indicating that the area was probably covered by sea ice during glacial periods; sediments were much siltier during these times. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2018 The present interglacial, which also has not featured a major ice sheet retreat, looks similar to the earlier one where the glaciers also remained stable. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2018 Warm Air, Warm Ocean, Bad Juju Deconto and Pollard’s model shows how the West Antarctic ice could have collapsed 125,000 years ago, generating the high seas of the last interglacial. National Geographic, 1 Apr. 2016 See More
Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2020 But in the warm periods between ice ages, known as interglacials, scientists assume the Atlantic circulation is stable. Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 26 Mar. 2020 Not all the difference in temperature between interglacials and ice ages was because of carbon dioxide. The Economist, 21 Sep. 2019 Today’s level is 1.45 times higher than that of a typical interglacial. The Economist, 21 Sep. 2019 Just like home Those ratios line up with climate models that suggest a wetter, more hospitable environment in Arabia, courtesy of a shift in Africa’s monsoons during periods of warmer global climate called interglacials. Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 29 Oct. 2018 To begin with, there are far more signs of life during the interglacials, indicating that the area was probably covered by sea ice during glacial periods; sediments were much siltier during these times. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2018 The present interglacial, which also has not featured a major ice sheet retreat, looks similar to the earlier one where the glaciers also remained stable. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2018 Warm Air, Warm Ocean, Bad Juju Deconto and Pollard’s model shows how the West Antarctic ice could have collapsed 125,000 years ago, generating the high seas of the last interglacial. National Geographic, 1 Apr. 2016 See More Word History
First Known Use
1867, in the meaning defined above