Wednesday, 22 January 2014

A Map of the Mile-Thick Ice Sheet That Made Modern Manhattan

A Map of the Mile-Thick Ice Sheet That Made Modern Manhattan
Jan 22nd 2014, 16:00, by Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

A Map of the Mile-Thick Ice Sheet That Made Modern Manhattan
Think this polar vortex part deux is bad? Here's a little perspective, courtesy the wonderful PTAK Science Books: A map of the glacier that once covered New York City in thick ice some 20,000 odd years ago, carving out the landscape we know today.
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