The Great Flood was "the covering of the earth with water that occurred during the time of Noah (The Freed Dictionary)." “In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, in that day all the fountains of the great deep broke out, and the windows of heaven were opened (Genesis 7:11).” The Great Flood had major effects on the earth as we know it today. It caused climate change, which led to the ice age and the most drastic change occurred on earth. The Great Flood changed the climate causing the ice age to develop. The Ice Age caused many problems, but the biggest effect was the death of animals. The weather changed so suddenly that many animals froze to death. Several species of creatures became extinct, including mammoths. The body of a mammoth whose blood and all had been preserved due to the cold was found in the Arctic. The mammoth was found “in good preservation on the Lyakhovsky Islands of the Novosibirsk archipelago (Fox News)”. Many mammoths may have survived much longer than the one found on the islands, but after the Ice Age they disappeared. The mammoths all disappeared due to the ice age. Even though people hunted mammoths, it was still due to the cold climate brought on by the Ice Age. The cold climate would have made it difficult to find food, so humans had to forage for whatever they could, even if it was a mammoth. Many plants also died, due to the very cold climate. “Research has shown that plant diversity in south-eastern Australia was as rich as some of the most diverse places in the world, and that most of these species went extinct during the ice ages… (Scott-Melbourne, Rebecca) ." The study showed that dead plants probably couldn't stand... middle of paper... 2013.McKie, Rob. "When Antarctica was a tropical paradise." The Guardian. Np, 16 Sep 2011. Web. 13 Nov 2013. Nevins, Stuart E., M.S. “Continental Drift, Plate Tectonics, and the Bible.” Continental drift, plate tectonics and the Bible. Np, nd Web. November 14, 2013. The NIV Rainbow Study Bible: Holy Bible, New International Version. Cincinnati, OH: Standard Pub., 2007. Print."Ocean." NOAA. Np, nd Web. November 13, 2013."Pangea (supercontinent)." Encyclopedia Britannica online. Encyclopedia Britannica, nd Web. 13 November 2013. Scott-Melbourne, Rebecca. "Science and technology". Future. University of Melbourne, 13 February 2013. Web. 07 November 2013. Pastore, Roy. “What is chalk?” DISCOVERING FOSSILS. Np, nd Web. November 13, 2013. “Woolly mammoth blood recovered from frozen carcass, Russian scientists say.” Fox News. FOX News Network, May 29, 2013. Web. November 13. 2013.