Fun Fact Friday would have worked a whole lot better, but it's Thursday and I wanted to do this today 🤓
Do you know when the last ice age ended?
Thun Thact: it hasn't–we're still in it!
An ice age is a period of colder-than-usual global temperatures and bigger-than-usual glaciers and ice sheets. Ice ages don’t bring unrelenting cold. Instead, relatively warm periods intervene, so ice ages are a mix of advancing glaciers (glacials) and retreating glaciers (interglacials). Though relatively warm, interglacials are still part of a glacial epoch.
climate.gov
Who knew right? We're in the interglacial period right now, but at some point in history–possibly several points–Earth was covered in ice with no open ocean aside from a few pockets around the equator.
Thee you nexth Thursday!
Sign up to The Climate Shift
We'll never share or sell your data.
Let's spend 2 minutes each day looking at the opportunities, solutions, startups and rockstars in the climate space.
100% no doom & gloom guarantee. Start transitioning your organisation towards net-zero and have fun doing it.
Emails arrive daily. Unsubscribe anytime.
A daily email exploring the opportunities, solutions, startups and rockstars in the climate space.
No doom & gloom guarantee. Start transitioning your organisation towards net-zero and have fun doing it.