Talk:Interglacial

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Shouldn't the article name be Interglacial to be consistent with Wikipedia:Naming_conventions#Prefer_singular_nouns? I'm going to move the article unless someone objects. Walter Siegmund (talk) 20:42, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

To the best of my knowledge a glacial and a interglacial both take place during an overall ice age. The time between ice ages may be a non-glacial but it is not an interglacial. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.177.94.134 (talk)

I don't know what textbooks you've been reading but you're wrong. An interglacial, is the warm period that seperates glacial periods. I suggest you read this book. Also note that the term Ice Age isn't particularly scientific, hence glacial and interglacial are used when referring to the climate record. Also look up stadial and interstadial and you will realise why glacial and interglacial are used.[1] Supposed 02:27, 27 October 2007 (UTC)