https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/e000088a-8252-4603-ba55-38189c45612c
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definition | The Holocene is the name given to the last 11,700 years of the Earth's history — the time since the end of the last major glacial epoch, or "ice age." Since then, there have been small-scale climate shifts — notably the "Little Ice Age" between about 1200 and 1700 A.D. — but in general, the Holocene has been a relatively warm period in between ice ages. | ||||||||||||||||
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