Before the Quaternary, Earth experienced far more extreme events. The most severe was the Cryogenian Period (720 to 635 million years ago). Scientists hypothesize that during this time, the planet experienced a "Snowball Earth" scenario, where ice covered the entire ocean from pole to equator. Imagine seeing glaciers at the beach of an equatorial island. This was an Ice Age of a magnitude we cannot comprehend today.

Warmer intervals between glacials where ice sheets retreat. We are currently living in an interglacial period known as the Holocene, which began roughly 11,700 years ago.

For two thousand years, the ice had crawled south like a dying god’s final breath. Now, even the wind sounded different—sharp, metallic, a blade scraping over an endless shield of white. The sun, when it appeared, was a pale coin with no warmth.

Ice Age Jun 2026

Before the Quaternary, Earth experienced far more extreme events. The most severe was the Cryogenian Period (720 to 635 million years ago). Scientists hypothesize that during this time, the planet experienced a "Snowball Earth" scenario, where ice covered the entire ocean from pole to equator. Imagine seeing glaciers at the beach of an equatorial island. This was an Ice Age of a magnitude we cannot comprehend today.

Warmer intervals between glacials where ice sheets retreat. We are currently living in an interglacial period known as the Holocene, which began roughly 11,700 years ago. Ice Age

For two thousand years, the ice had crawled south like a dying god’s final breath. Now, even the wind sounded different—sharp, metallic, a blade scraping over an endless shield of white. The sun, when it appeared, was a pale coin with no warmth. Before the Quaternary, Earth experienced far more extreme