During the last ice age, the last glacial maximum about 20,000 years ago, the climate in the North Atlantic underwent much greater multi-centennial variability than it does in the present warm period.

A research team, composed of climatologists and an astronomer, have used an improved computer model to reproduce the cycle of ice ages (glacial periods) 1.6 to 1.2 million years ago. The results show ...

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 ...

During Earth's ice ages, much of North America and northern Europe were covered in massive glaciers. About 20,000 years ago, those ice sheets began to melt rapidly, and the resulting water had to go ...

Replica plaquettes were placed next to a fire to see how ambient light made stone carvings of animals appear to move. Needham et al., 2022, PLOS ONE CC-BY 4.0 Survival wasn’t easy in Ice Age Europe.

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere vary naturally between ice ages and interglacial periods. A new study by researchers ...

International team of researchers reveals for the first time a mechanism to explain pronounced climate variability during the last ice age Although humankind is responsible for the current global ...