Eemian
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Proper noun
[edit]Eemian
- (geology) The interglacial period lasting from circa 130,000 to 115,000 years ago.
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 152:
- At the time, temperatures briefly rose to become slightly higher than those of the pre-industrial period, making the Eemian the warmest time in the last million years.