Our planet’s last glacial period (colloquially known as the Ice Age) began around 115,000 years ago and lasted for over 103,000 years of the Pleistocene Epoch. During this time, ...

Glaciers that cover the mountainous regions of the world are important reserves for freshwater, providing resources for ...

The Patagonian Ice Dragon is a rare insect that lives within Chile's glaciers, now endangered due to global warming. Research led by Maribet Gamboa aims to preserve this species and its unique habitat ...

Natural cycles in Earth's rotational axis and its orbit around the sun drive climatic changes, and now researchers have ...

Earth is currently in an interglacial period, with the last glacial period having peaked around 20,000 years ago. Scientists have previously suggested that Earth's position and angle relative to the ...

Analysis of Earth's past ice ages, tracked across one million years, has shed new light on the mystery of the planet's natural climate cycles ...

Meltwater is forming moraine-rimmed glacial ... of climate change,” he says. Reaching and turning these indigenous communities to adapt to a new way of life still looks like the last uncharted ...

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Research indicates that delicate deepwater corals tolerated or adapted to major climate and salinity fluxes, “yet today, it’s ...

The Earth's average temperature has changed over the last 500,000 years. There are times when global climate is warmer (interglacial phases) and times when it has been cooler (glacial phases ...