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

Scientists say small changes in the way the Earth orbits the sun hold the key in major global changes in climate, like ice ...

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

The Earth has gone through successive glacial and interglacial periods for about 2.5 million years. A new study reveals when ...

The research, published Thursday, February 27, in the journal Science, found a strong connection between Earth’s axial tilt ...

With each fern no wider than an inch, mosquito ferns turned a greenhouse into a frozen tundra for nearly a million years. Now ...

Scientists have predicted future glacial periods by matching Earth's past ice ages to its orbit around the sun. But their new ...

A group of scientists think they can now predict when the next ice age could grip Earth, but don't worry, it's not for a very long time. An ice age should begin in about 10,000 years, but its ...

The Little Ice Age was a period of global cooling that began during around 1300 CE and lasted until about 1850. Average temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere dropped by about 1.1 degrees Fahrenheit ...

When European diseases wiped out up to 90% of the Americas' population, abandoned farmland was swallowed by forests—pulling enough carbon from the air to help plunge the planet into a centuries-long ...

Paleo-focused frozen meals company Ice Age Meals made a memorable appearance in a season 8 episode of "Shark Tank." How is ...