Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Bølling-Allerød interstadial
References
Britannica AI Icon

Bølling-Allerød interstadial

climatology
Written by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Last updated

Quick Summary

The Bølling-Allerød interstadial was a period of rapid warming that occurred approximately 14,700 to 11,700 years ago, marking a significant disruption to the prevailing cold conditions of the last ice age. This interstadial, characterized by a return to warmer temperatures, saw the rapid retreat of immense ice sheets. It was followed by the Younger Dryas, a brief but intense cooling period, before the onset of the Holocene Epoch and Earth's modern climate. Evidence from Greenland ice cores indicates that temperatures during this warming interval could increase by as much as 10 °C (18 °F) in just a few decades. The exact causes of such abrupt climatic shifts remain a subject of scientific investigation.12

Summary created from Britannica articles using AI. AI can make mistakes, so verify using Britannica articles.
7 Britannica Sources
  1. global warming - Climatic variation since the last glaciation
  2. last glacial maximum
  3. Pleistocene Epoch - Glacial records
  4. Dansgaard-Oeschger event
  5. Holstein Interglacial Stage
  6. Younger Dryas
  7. glacier - Information from deep cores

Ask Britannica AI about this topic

Britannica doesn't have a full article on this topic, so we've curated a list of our relevant coverage.