climate change

• climate change 


  any significant change in the earths climate over a period time
• quaternary period 


  whole of human history
• during the quaternary period

  global temperatures has shifted between glacial period and warmer interglacial periods
• glacial period


  when the temperature has dropped significantly and ice advances
• interglacial period 


  the warmer period of time between ice ages where glaciers retreat and sea levels rise
• what is climate change

  long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns