The modern climate interval, which is characterized by stable, warm temperatures compared to most of the last 2.6 million years, is known as the:

a. Altithermal.
b. Little Warm Age.
c. Holocene.
d. Pleistocene.


C

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A) soil erosion B) smoke from burning forests C) coal-fired power plants D) roads and construction sites E) non-U.S. sources

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A) Forest B) Rainforest C) Grassland D) Desert E) Wetland

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A) high B) low C) constantly variable D) adiabatic E) devaporized

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