Synopsis
Professor Iain Stewart explains how humans prevented the next stage of the ice age cycle.
- Programme: How Earth Made Us
- Episode: 05: Human Planet
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2010
- Geography | Glacial landscapes | Glacial landforms | Ice
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