Boring History for Sleep The Great Flood That Ended the Ice Age
Jan 7, 2026
Explore the dramatic end of the Ice Age as melting glaciers flood landscapes, shaping history and inspiring ancient flood myths. Discover submerged lands like Doggerland and Beringia, essential for human migration and adaptation. Dive into the extinction debate around megafauna and the ecological shifts following their disappearance. Learn about the colossal Missoula floods and how these ancient events mirror today's climate challenges. Unearth evidence of human resilience and innovation amid rapid environmental changes.
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Ice Age Remade The Planet
- The last glacial maximum made Earth feel like a different planet, with ice covering ~30% of land and crushing crust under kilometres of ice.
- This massive ice storage lowered sea levels by ~120ā130 meters, exposing vast continental shelves now submerged.
Lost Continental Shelves Were Habitable
- Sea levels 120ā130 meters lower exposed millions of square kilometres of continental shelf as habitable land.
- Those drowned coasts likely hosted forests, rivers and human communities erased by post-glacial sea rise.
Fishing Nets Reveal A Sunken Culture
- Fishermen in the North Sea routinely drag up mammoth bones and worked flint, revealing Doggerland's buried human landscapes.
- These artefacts proved people lived on the now-submerged plain between Britain and Europe.