Trapped in Ice: The Paleolithic World

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At long last, we've reached the end of Tides of History, and I can't thank you all enough for coming along on this long journey. We end with a series of vignettes set throughout the long ages we've covered, from the Paleolithic up to early modernity. If you want to stay in touch, ...  Show more

Among all the continents of Earth, Antarctica remains both the most inhospitable and the most mysterious. Today the only humans on the landmass are researchers and their support staff, charged with studying climate change, the local ecosystem and the unique creatures that call th ...  Show more

Among all the continents of Earth, Antarctica remains both the most inhospitable and the most mysterious. Today the only humans on the landmass are researchers and their support staff, charged with studying climate change, the local ecosystem and the unique creatures that call ...

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Du 16e au 19e siècle, l’Europe a eu un sacré coup de froid. Comme les chercheurs du 20e siècle aimaient bien s’amuser, ils l’ont surnommé : “le Petit Âge Glaciaire”. Ça fait genre les mammouths, les rhinocéros laineux, les hommes de ...

You've probably heard of the Ice Ages -- long periods of reduction in Earth's temperature, triggering massive expansion of glaciers and so on -- but you may not have heard of the "Little Ice Age," a time of regional cooling that, from the 14th to the 19th centuries, dramatical ...