How Ice Ages end
No matter how fierce the ice age is, sooner or later it will be replaced by a warm time. It is also called the interglacial period. The main reason for this transition is called a change in the orbit and trajectory of the Earth around the Sun. These changes do not seem significant, but they are enough to change the balance of heat on the planet.
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Glacial periods usually last up to one hundred thousand years, after which they turn to interglacial periods in a few thousand years. We are currently living in such a period. Its features are a relatively equal temperature throughout the Earth, a relatively small amount of snow and ice, and a high level of the world ocean.
The last glacial epoch and the maximum of the last glaciation
The last epoch of glaciation began about 110 thousand years ago and ended about 12 thousand years ago. At that time, the area of the ice sheet was constantly changing up and down, but it reached its peak in the period 27-19 thousand years ago. During this period, the Earth had the most difficult conditions. Especially in the area of present-day France and Germany.
