Factoid of the day

a recent news report said that the sea will rise no matter what humanity does. on the other hand, for humanity: been there, done that.

The UK Mail has some great photos and maps of how climate change resulted in flooding of the British/Danish plains 8500 years ago.

the area was called Doggerland. named after the Dogger (sand)bank.

The name comes from dogger, an old Dutch word for fishing boat, especially for catching cod.

and awhile back, the TimeTeam did a TV show about the area:

Time Team Special 31 - Britain's Drowned World... by xSilverPhinx


yes, and one of these days someone will do a similar study on SEAsia:

I bet the Spratyls and the Shoals that China is now claiming was part of the Philippine land mass back then...