interglacials

What Happened 800,000 Years Ago That Made Civilization Possible?

December 16, 2019

About 800,000 years ago Earth’s ice age cycle transitioned from being about 41,000 years long to about 100,000 years in duration. During a cycle,...

Design

by Hugh Ross Read

How Cyclical Volcanic Activity Benefits Humanity

January 7, 2019

When we think about volcanoes, the images that typically come to mind are violent eruptions that devastate the surrounding landscapes and bring death or...

Design

by Hugh Ross Read

Miracles of the Mid-Pleistocene Transition, Part 2

October 8, 2018

In part 1 of this three-part series, I wrote about how 800,000 years ago, a miraculous transition from a 41,000-year to an approximately 100,000-year...

Geology & Earth

by Hugh Ross Read