The currently known condition of the ice age began about 40 crore years ago, then about 3 lakhs years later, pleistocene intensified, polar regions doubled their regular cycles of ice formation and thawing in every 40-100,000 years. End of the last ice age came about approximately 10,000 years ago. हिम युग (ice age) का वर्तमान स्वरूप करीब ४० लाख साल पहले प्रारम्भ हुआ तब करीब ३ लाख साल बाद अभिनूतन (Pleistocene) तीव्र हुआ ध्रुवीय क्षेत्र तबसे हिमाच्छादन और गलन के क्रमिक चक्र को प्रत्येक ४० - १००००० सालों में दुहराया है .अन्तिम हिम युग की समाप्ति लगभग १०००० साल पहले हुई
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a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile; "the thaw between the United States and Russia has led to increased cooperation in world affairs"
warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they welcomed the spring thaw" पर्याय: thawing, warming,
the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours" पर्याय: melt, thawing, melting,
become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat" पर्याय: dissolve, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt,