Understanding Earth’s 100,000-Year Ice Age Cycle

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Join us on a journey back to Earth’s last Ice Age. Learn a new job in tech starting from $200/mo! Sign up for a FREE TripleTen career consultation with my link: https://get.tripleten.com/astrumspace ▀▀▀▀▀▀ In this video, we’re travelling back to Earth's frozen past, to discover what our planet was like during the Ice Age. What massive creatures dominated these icy landscapes, and what caused their extinction? We'll also ask a chilling question: could it happen again? Join us as we explore the rise and fall of Earth's frozen past and look for the warning signs of its return. ▀▀▀▀▀▀ To stay on top of space news, sign up to the Astrum newsletter: https://astrumspace.kit.com Astrum Displate Posters: https://displate.com/astrumspace?art=5f04759ac338b Astrum Merch: https://astrum-shop.fourthwall.com/ Join us on the Astrum discord: https://discord.gg/TKw8Hpvtv8 A huge thanks to our Patreons who help make these videos possible. Sign-up here to support the channel: https://bit.ly/4aiJZNF ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Astrum Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6jPRrbq3o3dpvBb173ZTKi?si=a90d3efe3b704c83 Astrum Earth: https://youtube.com/@AstrumEarth Astrum Extra: https://www.youtube.com/@astrumextra Astrum Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/@astrumespanol Astrum Portuguese: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChn_-OwvV63mr1yeUGvH-BQ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ References: “How many ice ages has the Earth had, and could humans live through one?”, via theconversation.com https://astrumspace.info/howmanyiceages “Milankovitch (Orbital) Cycles and Their Role in Earth’s Climate”, via nasa.gov https://astrumspace.info/Milankovitch “Pleistocene epoch: The last ice age”, via livescience.com https://astrumspace.info/Pleistocene “What is Bergmann’s Rule?”, via byjus.com https://astrumspace.info/BergmannsRule “10 fascinating facts about woolly mammoths”, via blog.ted.com https://astrumspace.info/woollymammoth “Thriving or surviving? The isotopic record of the Wrangel Island woolly mammoth population”, via helsinki.fi https://astrumspace.info/Wrangelmammoths “Proportions and function of the limbs of glyptodonts”, via scup.com https://astrumspace.info/glyptodonts “Ecology and Distribution of Late Pleistocene Sloths”, via mdpi.com https://astrumspace.info/giantlandsloths “Pleistocene burrows in the Mar del Plata area (Argentina) and their probable builders”, via agro.icm.edu.pl https://astrumspace.info/palaeoburrows “Life and extinction of megafauna in the ice-age Arctic”, via pnas.org https://astrumspace.info/megafaunaextinction “Native Americans Descend From Ancient Montana Boy”, via science.org https://astrumspace.info/Anzickchild “Subsurface ocean warming preceded Heinrich Events”, via nature.com https://astrumspace.info/Heinrichwarnings ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Credits: Writer: Edie Abrahams Video Editor: Drew Stubbs Researcher: Edie Abrahams Script Editor: Damaris McColgan Thumbnail Designer: Peter Sheppard Channel Manager: Georgina Brenner Executive Producer: Raquel Taylor Creator of Astrum: Alex McColgan With special thanks to: NASA/ESO/ESA #astrum #space #iceage #earth