It was not a time of uniform warmth, for then, as always since the Great Ice Age, there were constant shifts in rainfall and temperature.

那并不是一个始终温暖的时期，因为在那时跟大冰期以来的任何时候都一样，降雨量和温度都在不断变化。

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Our ancestors adapted to the universal but irregular global warming since the end of the last great Ice Age, around 10,000 years ago, with dazzling opportunism.

我们的祖先以令人眼花缭乱的机会主义，适应了自上一个大冰期结束后，约1万年前普遍但不规则的全球变暖。

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And those plants may have caused the next great ice age.

那些植物可能导致了下一次大冰河期的到来。

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The University of Virginia professor even thought that this warming was so great that it helped the earth avoid another ice age.

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Movies playing on the Breeze included a seasonal offering of The Polar Express and family shorts like Happy Feet, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and SpongeBob SquarePants: The Great Jelly Rescue.

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