But for centuries, scientists have struggled to pinpoint exactly why these shifts occur and when the next ice age might begin. Now, a new study published in Science has unraveled the mystery ...

An archaeological study of human settlement during the Final Palaeolithic revealed that populations in Europe did not decrease homogenously during the last cold phase of the Ice Age. Significant ...

Earth's history is a roller-coaster of climate fluctuations, of relative warmth giving way to frozen periods of glaciation before rising up again to the more temperate climes we experience today.

Now, new geological data show that sea levels rose about 125 feet (38 meters) between 11,000 and 3,000 years ago, according ...

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 ...

“When we look at Ice Age 10, we can very clearly predict when ... Lorraine Lisiecki with the Department of Earth Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Gregor Knorr with the ...

By determining which ice sheets melted to create a colossal increase in sea levels 14,500 years ago, scientists hope to ...

This heralded a 20-million-year ice age during which shallow, life-rich seas shrank away. Life at the start of the Ordovician remained confined to the seas with new animals evolving in place of ...

The last ice age ended about 10,000 years ago. Sea levels rose rapidly, and the continents achieved their present-day outline. When the temperatures drop, ice sheets spread from the Poles and ...

During the last ice age, massive continental ice sheets up to ... A database. Quaternary Science Reviews 21, 1185-1212 (2002). Wunsch, C. Abrupt climate change: An alternative view.

That includes the use of ice radar, which allowed researchers to see just ... That, amongst other reasons, is why the science ...