Episode 960 • • 3:01:36 - 3:05:13
960: Sandy Super Strong
PBS Space Time, Quaternary Ice Age and Holocene Respite
The PBS Digital Studios podcast "Space Time" explored the possibility of a returning Ice Age, noting that the current Holocene warm period is a brief interglacial phase. Scientists explained that the Quaternary period has been dominated by long glacial stretches, making the current 11,000-year respite relatively short in geological terms.