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Ice age glaciation

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Minimum and maximum glaciation

Minimum (interglacial, black) and maximum (glacial, grey) glaciation of the northern hemisphere, as of 2008

Minimum (interglacial, black) and maximum (glacial, grey) glaciation of the southern hemisphere, as of 2008

Reason

Minimum and maximum glaciation of the northern and southern hemispheres, as of 2008. Well done depictions, good EV.

Articles in which this image appears

Ice age

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Others

Creator

Hannes Grobe, Alfred Wegener Institute

• Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 02:55, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
• Comment This can't be right - the North Pole ice-free during the ice age? Or is it just the year 2008, which, to my knowledge, isn't an ice age... --Janke | Talk 14:54, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

• The nom images show glaciation (glaciers), not all forms of ice. Glaciers can only form on a solid base or land. Another image lower in the article [1] shows the extent of all ice including sea ice. The nom images were created in 2008, so it is "as of 2008" (not just 2008). Bammesk (talk) 02:48, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

• Still confusing - it would mean that Hudson Bay, Barent's Sea and other areas would have been land... Were they? --Janke | Talk 11:10, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

• Janke, for all practical purposes Yes. Hudson Bay, Barents Sea, Kara Sea, North Sea aren't deep (100, 230, 130, 95m average) and global sea levels were 120m lower. My understanding is that they were part of their corresponding Continental glaciers. The image creator is active on Commons and can be pinged for details. His credentials are here. Bammesk (talk) 19:26, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

• Still, without that explanation in the caption, it's nevertheless misleading. One would expect to see the entire ice cap... --Janke | Talk 09:26, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose, see my reasons above. --Janke | Talk 08:15, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
• Support Excellent maps, though black is hard to distinguish, especially in the Himalayas. Would using white instead help? cmɢʟee⎆τaʟκ 10:22, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

• Cmglee, sorry I forgot to answer this. Brighter shades are used in some coastal areas (for shallow waters), so using white could confuse things. Bammesk (talk) 03:36, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

• Sorry your diagram wasn't promoted. Understood about the light coastal shading. Guess there's no good solution – maybe except bright pink, perhaps ;-) cmɢʟee⎆τaʟκ 12:37, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:56, 17 December 2020 (UTC)