An ice age is a geologic period characterized by the presence of polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Periods of major glaciation (commonly also referred to as ice ages) are scientifically termed glacial periods.
Ice Age may also refer to:
Science
- Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail
- Last Glacial Period, the most recent glacial period (115,000 to 11,700 years ago)
- Late Cenozoic Ice Age, the geologic period of the last 33.9 million years
- Little Ice Age, a hundred years of relative cold in the Middle Ages after what historians term the Medieval Warm Period
- Paleolithic, an archaeological era (3.3 million to 11,650 years ago)
- Pleistocene, a geologic epoch which includes the world's most recent repeated glaciations (2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago)
- Plio-Pleistocene, a geological pseudo-period
- Quaternary glaciation, the geologic period of the last 2.58 million years
Music
- Ice Age (band), an American progressive metal band
- Iceage, a Danish punk rock band
- Ice Age Entertainment, an American record label
- Ice Ages (band), an Austrian dark electro music project
- "Ice Age" (song), by How to Destroy Angels, 2012
- "Ice Age", a song by Jefferson Airplane from Jefferson Airplane, 1989
- "Ice Age", a song by Joy Division from Still, 1981
Film
- Ice Age (1975 film), a German film
- Ice Age (franchise), an animated movie franchise
- Ice Age (2002 film), the first film in the franchise
- Ice Age: The Meltdown, a 2006 sequel
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, a 2009 sequel
- Ice Age: Continental Drift, a 2012 sequel
- Ice Age: Collision Course, a 2016 sequel
Other
- Ice Age (Magic: The Gathering), a block of sets for the collectible card game
- Ice Age (video game), a 2002 Game Boy Advance game from Ubisoft related to the film franchise
- The Ice Age (novel), a 1977 novel by Margaret Drabble