Quaternary Climate

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Quaternary time period is from 1.8 Ma to today, during this time period a lot of climate fluctuations happened which are discussed below :-

Last Glacial Maxima (LGM)
Interstadials & Stadial
Henrich events
The Younger Dryas : Abrupt cooling events
Holocene Climate Optimum
Medieval Warm Period
Little ice age
Dansgaard-Oeschger events : Rapid climatic fluctuations (110k – 10k)
Bond events : North Atlantic climatic fluctuations
Bolling – Allerod (B-A) event : abrupt warming events