The Little Ice Age was a period of global cooling that began during around 1300 CE and lasted until about 1850. Average ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species—according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out ...

The Cycle of Ice Ages Ice ages don't just appear out of nowhere. They are part of a natural cycle that our planet has experienced numerous times. These periods are marked by significant drops in ...

Records from 500 years ago document floods, famine and death in 16th century Transylvania due to wild weather swings during the Little Ice Age.

The Ice Age was a hard period in Earth's history, but ancient humans were quite the hardy bunch. They managed survive and even thrive; here's how they did it.

People have been recording local climates for centuries, chronicling hot and cold periods as well as resulting floods, famines, and fatal diseases. Now, researchers have examined a wealth of historic ...

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 ...

Isotope: Any of the forms of a chemical element with the same atomic number but differing atomic mass Stadial: A period of lower temperatures during the last Ice Age Interstadial: A period of ...

Jan. 9, 2025 — Laboratory experiments designed to deform ice at its pressure-melting temperature were like ... Europe since the end of the last ice age have shown that dynamic processes in ...