The phrase "current interglacial" refers to the warmer period between two major ice ages on Earth. It describes the time we are currently in, where the climate is relatively warm compared to the colder glacial periods in the past. Full definition
But generally, forest loss has been a dominant feature of Europe's landscape ecology in the second half of the current interglacial, with consequences for carbon cycling, ecosystem functioning and biodiversity.» (sciencedaily.com)
Climate researchers from the Helmholtz Young Investigators Group ECUS at the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Potsdam have now investigated how temperature variability changed as the Earth warmed from the last glacial period to the current interglacial period. (sciencedaily.com)
To date it has been assumed that temperatures varied greatly during the last glacial, while the current interglacial was largely characterised by small temperature variations. (sciencedaily.com)