Ice Age

An ice age is a geologic period characterized by the presence of polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Periods of major glaciation (commonly also referred to as ice ages) are scientifically termed glacial periods.

Ice Age may also refer to:

Science

• Pleistocene, a geologic epoch which includes the world's most recent repeated glaciations (2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago)
• Little Ice Age, a hundred years of relative cold in the Middle Ages after what historians term the Medieval Warm Period
• Last Glacial Period, the most recent glacial period (115,000 to 11,700 years ago)
• Quaternary glaciation, the geologic period of the last 2.58 million years
• Late Cenozoic Ice Age, the geologic period of the last 33.9 million years
• Paleolithic, an archaeological era (3.3 million to 11,650 years ago)
• Plio-Pleistocene, a geological pseudo-period

Music

• Ice Age (band), an American progressive metal band
• Iceage, a Danish punk rock band
• Ice Age Entertainment, an American record label
• Ice Ages (band), an Austrian dark electro music project
• "Ice Age" (song), by American post-industrial band How to Destroy Angels
• "Ice Age", also a song on Jefferson Airplane's 1989 album Jefferson Airplane
• This Is the Ice Age, a 1981 album by Canadian new wave band Martha and the Muffins
• "Ice Age," a song by English post-punk band Joy Division, on the compilation album Still

Film

• Ice Age (1975 film), a 1975 German film
• Ice Age (franchise), an animated movie franchise
  • Ice Age (2002 film), the first film in the franchise
  • Ice Age: The Meltdown, a 2006 sequel
  • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, a 2009 sequel
  • Ice Age: Continental Drift, a 2012 sequel
  • Ice Age: Collision Course, a 2016 sequel
• 2012: Ice Age, a 2011 film

Other

• Ice Age (Magic: The Gathering), a block of sets for the collectible card game
• Ice Age (video game), a 2002 Game Boy Advance game from Ubisoft related to the film franchise
• The Ice Age, a 1977 novel by Margaret Drabble

See also

• Global cooling