According to a recent study, the Late Antique Little Ice Age (LALIA), a climate crisis in the 6th century lasting 200 to 300 years, may have contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire ...

The Late Paleozoic ice age has long been a climate enigma. Atmospheric CO₂ estimates for this period vary widely, and different reconstructions of the likely temperature vary by as much as 20°C.

A trio of researchers has found evidence of the impact of the Late Antique Little Ice Age on Iceland almost 1,500 years ago. In their paper published in the journal Geology, Christopher Spencer, ...

3 min read During the Ordovician period, part of the Paleozoic ... late Ordovician, massive glaciers formed over Africa at the supercontinent's center. This heralded a 20-million-year ice age ...

This time period took place 359 to 299 million years ago. 3 min read The Carboniferous period, part of the late Paleozoic era, takes its name from large underground coal deposits that date to it.