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

Around 14,500 years ago, toward the end of the last ice age, melting continental ice sheets drove a sudden and cataclysmic ...

Glaciers in many regions will not survive the 21st century if they keep melting at the current rate, potentially jeopardising ...

and distance from the Sun—directly influence the start and end of glacial periods. Even more striking? If these patterns hold true, the next ice age could arrive within 11,000 years. For decades ...

However, don't rush for your woolly hat and scarf just yet, because the long-term effects of human-made climate change could prevent the next ice age from ever happening. Our planet has always ...

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.

They also stand in three decidedly different camps regarding why America's rich complement of big animals went extinct quite suddenly at the end of the Ice Age. The three camps are known tongue in ...

The Clovis were a prehistoric people who flourished in North America at the end of the Ice Age, hunting mammoths and other big game with spear points not unlike this one. To make the point ...

and it's unclear exactly where things can head next after a slew of sequels proved that the titular age was coming to an end.

Unfortunately, the shifting climate at the end of the ice age, combined with the competition with humans for food, led to the demise of the dire wolf and many other ancient predators about 10,000 ...

During the last ice age, massive continental ice sheets up to five km high covered much of North America and northern Europe (the Laurentide and Fennoscandian ice sheets, respectively).

It may not feel like it yet, but the housing market's Ice Age is finally thawing ... 1.3 million home sales between mid-2022 and the end of 2023. A mere 2.5% of America's housing stock traded ...