New theories suggest that a powerful cosmic ray storm from deep space may have triggered Earth’s last Ice Age, altering ...

From frozen landscapes to dramatic shifts in terrain, the Ice Age dramatically altered Earth's geography. Join us as we ...

Although the team obviously can’t tie zircon minerals to the Roman Empire’s collapse, their lengthy migration inside frozen chunks of glacier further underscore the 6th century ice age’s severity.

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...

Theories include poor management, pressure from Germanic people, the rise of Christianity, overpopulation, worsening defenses—and even the unfortunate timing of a brief ice age. A ...

Experts have long theorized that a change in Earth's climate may have weakened ... of the Eastern Roman Empire came centuries after the ice age began. 'In this way, it seems likely that the ...

Genetic material from hundreds of mammoths is providing an unprecedented glimpse into their family tree and shows how these Ice Age giants emerged ... time on planet Earth. As suggested by ...

NASA’s oldest active astronaut, Don Pettit, has returned safely to Earth after a seven-month mission aboard the ISS, landing in Kazakhstan on his 70th birthday. With this fourth spaceflight, Pettit’s ...

Colossal Biosciences, the genetic engineering company working to bring back the woolly mammoth, has actually already brought back one of its extinct Ice Age cohabitants: the dire wolf. The Dallas ...

The career of our satellite, after its escape from the earth, is not known till it attained ... the case of botlics which melt suddenly, like ice, it would also involve very great ...

“We know that fire was widespread before and after this period, but there is little evidence from the height of the Ice Age,” said William Murphree ... fire to meet the demands of life in one of Earth ...