In recent geological history, the so-called Quaternary period, there have been repeated ice ages and warm periods. Researchers are able to determine past climate variability from the composition of ...

The Last Glacial Period was characterised by dramatic shifts in climate and ocean circulation that have deeply influenced global carbon cycles and climate variability. Evidence from sediment cores, ...

PERTH, Australia — Long before humans walked the Earth, ice reshaped our planet in dramatic ways. During the Neoproterozoic ...

For decades, scientists puzzled over two key climate mysteries. What sparked the formation of Earth’s vast ice sheets during the last ice age—and how did they spread so fast? New research may finally ...

The ebb and flow of Pleistocene glacial cycles is not random; it follows a predictable pattern dictated by the distinct and deterministic influence of Earth’s orbital geometry, according to a new ...

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These ancient cores may contain clues about an unexplained change in Earth’s glacial-interglacial cycles, and could shed light on how human-generated emissions will shape our planet’s future. Reading ...

Without human-induced climate change, Earth may have been on track to plunge into another ice age within 11,000 years. This ...

Climate changes usually happens over long periods of time, but during the last glacial period, extreme fluctuations in temperature occurred within just a few years. Researchers have now been able to ...