First mankind had come to Kiyose about 20 thousand years ago, during the last glacial maximum.

This project allows to amateur astronomers to watch auroras up to and during the solar maximum in 2013.

In several areas of the world, loess ridges have formed that are aligned with the prevailing winds during the last glacial maximum.

Therefore the quiet Sun always coincides with the equatorial zone and its surface is lower during the maximum of the solar cycle.

This transition marks the extent of glaciation during the last glacial maximum.

During the last glacial maximum, the entire Alps were covered in ice.

The Mediterranean did not dry out during the most recent glacial maximum.

During the last glacial maximum, much of Europe was depopulated and re-settled, about 15,000 years ago.

The ice was as thick as three kilometres during the last glacial maximum about 20,000 years ago.

The first settlement of Australia most likely occurred during the last glacial maximum.