Thought this might interest some of you.. it's an animated global version of my
old QEN maps, vegetation since the last glacial maximum. It was done by Adrian
Meyer and Karl Rege in Switzerland. There are a few little glitches: the ice
extent is not from my maps, and I disagree with its accuracy in some places
(e.g. southern Australia, Northern Siberia, Himalayan Plateau). Also the time
slices merge slowly so some rapid transitions seem more gradual than they
likely were. And deforestation isn't shown, only 'natural potential
vegetation'. But anyway, it's the overall big picture here that's important...
what it shows is that our world has changed a lot in just 20,000 years.
Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Jwnp-Z3yE
