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EPISODE · Feb 5, 2026 · 16 MIN

THE BLACK THREAD a bit of geo-fiction for a change – Part One

from reading rocks · host Ian Jackson

Send us Fan MailReading the story of the Earth through its rocks has been likened to reading a book with 90% of its pages missing. An incredible tale and fertile ground for the imagination for sure. But everything in this two-part short story is based on sound scientific, archaeological and historical evidence. Part Two - the final two chapters of the story - may be a speculative look into our future four decades and 100,000 years ahead, but they draw nonetheless on forensic climate projections and impacts which have been generated by reputable scientists.

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