For decades, scientists puzzled over two key climate mysteries. What sparked the formation of Earth’s vast ice sheets during ...

Learn what the rocks in Iceland tell researchers about climate conditions at the time of the Roman Empire's collapse.

Although the team obviously can’t tie zircon minerals to the Roman Empire’s collapse, their lengthy migration inside frozen ...

Much of Earth's heat uptake is passed to the ocean, making ocean heat content key for understanding long-term climate ...

Research Reveals How Earth Got Its Ice Caps Feb. 14 ... What We Can Learn from Plants from the Last Ice Age Feb. 12, 2025 — Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species -- according ...

Ice Age climate shifts triggered major population changes in prehistoric Europe through migration and adaptation.

The unexpected discovery of Greenland rocks in Iceland hints that a centuries-long cold snap may have helped finish off the Western Roman Empire.

Now, new geological data show that sea levels rose about 125 feet (38 meters) between 11,000 and 3,000 years ago, according to a study published March 19 in the journal Nature. The findings could help ...

An archaeological study of human settlement during the Final Palaeolithic revealed that populations in Europe did not ...

New research reveals that post-ice age sea levels rose over a meter per century during key periods and totaled about 38 ...