Today’sLast Glacial Maximum (LGM) trajectory of SLC was set in motion long before the Industrial RevolutionIndustrial revolution(*) of the mid-19th century. In truth, humanity’s influence on the planet’s delicate balance began much earlier, rooted in the dawn of agriculture. As early civilizations carved their existence into the land, vast swaths of forests fell beneath the blade, making way for fields of grain. The fertile deltaic regions, rich with promise, bore witness to this transformation as ancient humans tilled the soil, altering ecosystems with each harvest.