Article: The Drowning of Doggerland

“Far to the north, the last glaciers are still melting. The seas have not ceased rising. Beach by beach, headland by headland, the waves are gnawing at the coasts. Their forays are not altogether disastrous: where the waters inundate a field or forest, salt marshes and tidal flats are born — optimal hunting-grounds, overflowing in fish and wildfowl. Until, that is, these too, in turn, are swallowed by the sea.”

My first article for Noema, on the discovery of the lost landmass of Doggerland, and the protracted process by which this European Atlantis was lost to the seas.