in July 2018, the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), the official keeper of geologic time, introduced a new age called ‘The Meghalayan’ which runs from 2200 bce to the present and which began with a mega drought that crushed a number of civilizations worldwide – in Egypt, Mesopotamia, China and, of course, India. The mega drought was likely triggered by shifts in ocean and atmospheric circulation.
