Ice Ages of the Past
Course | Registration opens 2/1/2027 8:00 AM EST
The Pleistocene Ice Age is the most famous one because it was the last one to affect our area. The mile high wall of ice never made it this far south but our climate and ecosystems were different than today. The Susquehanna River was the major player in carrying the meltwater away. We now know there were other Ice Ages during the geologic past that assisted in telling the story of plate tectonics and Pennsylvania.
Jeri Jones
Jeri Jones has studied earth and space science since he was a teenager. He almost majored in astronomy until he encountered a problem. The college he went to didn't have a major in that field, so he picked geology. But Catawba College did have a great observatory in which Jones learned to operate and host their public programs.