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Humans Have Changed North America More Than an Ice Age – Gizmodo Australia

It’s clear that human activities such as land use and fossil fuel extraction have caused ecological changes like the climate crisis and biodiversity loss. New research shows just how massive the scale of those changes are. The Pleistocene epoch, which began 2…

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Its clear that human activities such as land use and fossil fuel extraction have caused ecological changes like the climate crisis and biodiversity loss. New research shows just how massive the scale of those changes are.
The Pleistocene epoch, which began 2.5 million years ago and ended 11,700 years ago, saw Earths most recent Ice Age, when glaciers covered huge parts of the planet. When it ended, ecosystems across North America changed rapidly. Forests and grasslands sprouted up across the re…

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