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Main image: An 1870 photograph of geologist and biologist Louis Agassiz. Inset: An illustration by J. Bettanier of the Matterhorn glacier, located near Zermatt, Switzerland, from Louis Agassiz's 1840 book, "Études sur les Glaciers."
1837: Unveiling the Secrets of Ice Ages – The Contributions of Louis Agassiz

Louis Agassiz's pioneering work in geology led to the discovery of ice ages, explaining the presence of glacial features in currently ice-free regions. His hypothesis that vast ice sheets once covered much of the northern [...]