c. 18000 BC–c. 11700 BC
Last deglaciation transition
Climate & environment · Paleoclima · Deglaciación · Cambios abruptos
Between roughly 18,000 and 11,700 years ago, the climate system moved from the last glacial period toward the Holocene. Records show long-term global warming interrupted by abrupt regional changes; the chronology and magnitude of those changes depend on archive and location.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · approximate
- End
- year · approximate
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- Date not recorded
Reading the date: duration of a process.
Sources
- www.ipcc.ch (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- Pending verification
- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
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