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

Beginning around 2.5 million years ago, Earth entered an era marked by successive ice ages and interglacial periods, emerging ...

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 ...

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

Deep beneath the barren landscape of Antarctica lies secrets to the climatic history of the world. Frozen in the ice are ...

Tapping into ‘society’s archive’, researchers have examined written sources from the 16th century that chronicle famine, ...

Million-year-old air preserved in ancient ice holds clues to a mystery that has stumped scientists for decades: Why did the ice ages that once transformed Earth every 40,000 years begin to occur ...

On Tuesday morning, space inside ICE detention facilities was at 109% capacity, with the agency holding close to 42,000 migrant detainees, despite having, on paper, a 38,521-bed capacity in its ...

A lot changes when you enter a new age in Civilization 7, and it's easy to miss the details. Here's what you need to know. There are only three ages in Civilization 7, compared to several smaller ...

Feb. 18, 2025 — New esearch shows Aotearoa has been increasingly accepting new bird species from around the world since the start of the Ice Age, offering clues into future migration ...

Though some snow is possible with this system, the main weather threat will be freezing rain, and thus ice, forecasters said. The ice on the roads could lead to dangerous to "impossible" travel ...