The Ice Age was a hard period in Earth's history, but ancient humans were quite the hardy bunch. They managed survive and ...

As humanity appears all too happy to keep warming up the planet, the consequences of our actions are catching up with us.

The Ice Age mystery could be solved for the first time after scientists discovered what is probably the world's oldest ice, dating back a whopping 1.2m years ago. Working at temperatures of -35C ...

“It was exciting to see the ice age as we drilled deeper ... leading to a drop in temperature and dry climatic conditions. The global population also dropped to about 1,280 reproducing ...

Explore the Little Ice Age, a period of dramatic climate change that reshaped societies, economies, and cultures across the globe.

But ice contains more information than just age. Scientists can deduce a particle time period's temperature. They can also measure trapped gases like CO2 and methane to see how they may have ...

A core of ice extracted from Antarctica had literally frozen in time the climate of the planet going back nearly 70,000 years.