A new study published last week is giving us a better idea. The research builds on previous hypotheses theorizing that Ice Ages occur on a predictable timeline that relates to the geometry of Earth’s ...

A period of extreme cooling in western Europe may have driven away the continent’s earliest human species, leaving the region devoid of hominins for about 200,000 years, a new study suggests.

Time slices from the model show the development of the ice sheet. It starts out as three independent, distinct ice masses: Celtic, Fennoscandian and Barents Sea. These eventually merge to form one ...

Nunalleq, a village in what’s today southwest Alaska, seemed to have thrived during the Little Ice Age. How did this village manage to survive and prosper during the Little Ice Age, and what caused ...