Which of the following best describes Earth’s long-term climate trend over the past 800,000 years?

Over the past 800,000 years, Earth’s climate has repeatedly shifted between colder glacial periods and warmer interglacial periods. This pattern is a repeating cycle of warming and cooling, not a steady or permanent rise in temperature. Therefore, choice A, “a repeating cycle of warming and cooling,” is correct.

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