Around 370 million years ago, Earth gradually descended into the longest lived and probably the most intense ice age ...

Virginia Tech study unveils 2 billion years of evolution, highlighting the 'boring billion,' Snowball Earth, and ancient ...

Scientists have identified the “mystery volcano” that erupted in 1831 and cooled Earth’s climate. They have linked it to an ...

The ring might have acted like a giant sunshade, causing a cooling effect that might have unleashed an ice age.

Ancient species may have evolved at a slower pace and endured longer, but evolutionary rates sped up significantly following ...

The same team previously drilled a core about 800,000 years old. The latest drilling went 2.8 kilometers (about 1.7 miles) ...

The Protect Tennessee Minors Act, set to take effect on Wednesday requiring age verification on certain websites, has been ...

A team of scientists have drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles to Antarctic bedrock to reach ...

A team from the University of St Andrews used fossils to work out how much CO2 changed during the Late Palaeozoic Ice Age, ...

The world's oldest rocks are spread across the globe and paint a picture of Earth's turbulent early history. Here are some of ...

Deep Ocean Clues to a Million-Year-Old Ice Age Puzzle Revealed in New Study Nov. 8, 2024 — A new study challenges theories regarding the origins of a significant transition through the Earth's ...