The Ice Age (and its resulting changes in climate) was among one of the harshest periods on Earth. During an ice age, the ...

A new study shows that the Bering Land Bridge, the strip of land that once connected Asia to Alaska, emerged far later during the last ice age than previously thought. The unexpected findings shorten ...

The Earth’s climate is a dynamic entity, continuously evolving over billions of years with alternating periods of extreme heat and cold. Recent scientific studies indicate that the Earth is subtly ...

A new study that reconstructs the history of sea level at the Bering Strait shows that the Bering Land Bridge connecting Asia to North America did not emerge until around 35,700 years ago, less than ...

What is an ice age? Do they have to last a certain amount of time to count, how did they vary and how many ice ages has the Earth experienced? As with many definitions of natural phenomena, a precise ...

Ancient footprints provide new evidence of humans and extinct giant beasts of the Ice Age. Ancient footprints in New Mexico’s White Sands National Park reveal new evidence of Ice Age humans that ...

Michael Petterson has received funding from a range of sources such as research grants and international aid grants throughout his career. Auckland University of Technology provides funding as a ...