The increase in greenhouse gas emissions and resulting climate change is one of the key events of the Pleistocene.

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The Pleistocene, a geological epoch that lasted from about 2.6 million years ago to about 11,700 years ago, was characterized by a series of glacial cycles rather than by human-induced climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, which are phenomena of the more recent past, particularly the Industrial Revolution onwards.

The Increase in Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Resulting Climate Change