"Such a transition to a glacial state in 10,000 years' time is very unlikely to happen, because human emissions of carbon ...

Our planet’s last glacial period (colloquially known as the Ice Age) began around 115,000 years ago and lasted for over 103,000 years of the Pleistocene Epoch. During this time, ...

Many people know that Earth has gone through several ice ages in the past. These were long periods when big parts of the ...

A researcher with UW collaborated on the project to come up with the most precise predictive Ice Age model to date.

Scientists found that sea levels rose rapidly 11,700 years ago due to melting ice sheets and sudden lake drainage.

New geological data has given more insight into the rate and magnitude of global sea level rise following the last ice age, ...

Records from 500 years ago document floods, famine and death in 16th century Transylvania due to wild weather swings during the Little Ice Age.

A volcanic eruption in Iceland sends a glacier towards North America, causing everything in it's path to freeze. A family man struggles to escape the onslaught of the coming ice age.

A pattern of encroaching and retreating ice sheets during and between ice ages has been shown to match certain orbital parameters of Earth around the sun, leading to researchers being able to ...

A new study shows that the recurring ice age cycles are apparently associated with changes in the Earth's orbit around the sun. According to the study, the planet would be heading towards another ...