Title: A Brief History of Climate Change | Get History
Headings: A Brief History of Climate Change
A Brief History of Climate Change
Key facts about the history of climate change
What causes worldwide climate change?
Geological periods and epochs
Climate in Britain during the Pleistocene epoch
The Holocene climate
Things to think about
Things to do
Further reading
Author Info

Content: A time when it was very cold and glaciers extended down from the North Pole. See 'A Brief History of Climate Change'. , the weather would often be much drier, as water that today comes down as rain was frozen in glaciers. With so much water trapped in ice sheets and glaciers, sea levels would drop so land which now is under the sea would become dry and people (and animals) would be able to walk across it. The land immediately near the ice sheet could become a barren and treeless place with polar desert
A cold and dry desert (unlike, for example, the Sahara, which is hot and dry). A cold and dry desert (unlike, for example, the Sahara, which is hot and dry). or tundra
A cold and treeless biome, with short growing periods and small plants (grasses, mosses, herbs). See 'A Brief History of Climate Change'. A cold and treeless biome, with short growing periods and small plants (grasses, mosses, herbs). See 'A Brief History of Climate Change'.