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The '''Holocene Epoch''' is a period in [[Geochronology]], the current [[epoch]].<ref name=BerkeleyHolocene/><ref name=bbc2018-07-18/><ref name=BbcHoloceneEpoch/>  The Holocene's beginning, 11,500 years ago, marked the retreat of the last continental [[glacier]]s.
The '''Holocene Epoch''' is a period in [[Geochronology]], the current [[epoch]].<ref name=BerkeleyHolocene/><ref name=bbc2018-07-18/><ref name=BbcHoloceneEpoch/>  The Holocene's beginning, 11,500 years ago, marked the retreat of the last continental [[glacier]]s. The [[Pleistocene]], the epoch that preceded the Holocene, was marked by a series of continent spanning glaciers that lasted 2 million years.  These two epoches make up the [[Quaternary Period]].<ref name=testbook2022-07-22/>
 
Sea levels rose approximately 35 meters during the Holocene as the glaciers melted.<ref name=telegraph2009-10-07/><ref name=testbook2022-07-22/>


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The Holocene Epoch is a period in Geochronology, the current epoch.[1][2][3] The Holocene's beginning, 11,500 years ago, marked the retreat of the last continental glaciers. The Pleistocene, the epoch that preceded the Holocene, was marked by a series of continent spanning glaciers that lasted 2 million years. These two epoches make up the Quaternary Period.[4]

Sea levels rose approximately 35 meters during the Holocene as the glaciers melted.[5][4]

References

  1. Ben M. Waggoner. The Holocene Epoch, Berkeley, 1996-01-17. Retrieved on 2024-02-16.
  2. Jonathan Amos. Welcome to the Meghalayan Age a new phase in history, BBC News, 2018-07-18. “We currently live in what is called the Holocene Epoch, which reflects everything that has happened over the past 11,700 years - since a dramatic warming kicked us out of the last ice age.”
  3. Holocene epoch, BBC News. Retrieved on 2024-02-16.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Holocene Epoch - Geography Notes for UPSC!, 2022-07-22. Retrieved on 2024-02-16.
  5. Louise Gray. England is sinking while Scotland rises above sea levels, according to new study, The Daily Telegraph, 2009-10-07. mirror