Poor Panama. Just think what's going to happen when the ice melts and the Northwest passage opens.
Pretty tough to gain a grip on perspective when things have been relatively unchanged for a hundred thousand years, actually a lot longer than that...
By the way, what caused the ice ages? Did aliens come in giant flying saucers and suck all the carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere?
All the news, all the data operates under someone's agenda. Like having your hands high in the air and having a robber read you your rights...