Upper West Side Meltdown: All That the Ice Leaves Behind
West Side Rag • • science
Key Points:
- Recent snowstorm ice banks in the city are melting, revealing accumulated trash and remnants of neighborhood life compacted and frozen over the past month.
- Central Park features geological evidence of the last major ice age, the Wisconsin glaciation, which covered the area with ice up to 1,000 to 2,000 feet thick around 20,000 to 25,000 years ago.
- The glacier shaped the landscape by carrying rocks and carving deep grooves and smooth surfaces into the bedrock, visible today on notable outcrops like Umpire Rock, Summit Rock, and Vista Rock.
- These natural formations tell a story of the glacier’s path and its lasting impact on the region’s geology, offering both historical insight
