Rising temperatures are causing glaciers to lose ice at a rate higher than the average rate over past centuries.

Around 10,000 years ago as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading in the Atlantic Ocean, may have temporarily sped up—with a little help from ...

Carbon emissions probably canceled Earth’s next icy climate appointment, expected to occur in 10,000 years In a nutshell ...

Transitions between glacial and interglacial periods matched up with small variations in the shape of the Earth's orbit of the sun — how the Earth ‘wobbles' in space — and the angle of the planet's ...

A new analysis suggests the onset of the next ice age could be expected in 10,000 years’ time. An international team, including researchers from UC Santa Barbara, made their prediction based on a new ...

Finstad's team explored nearly a dozen mountain sites at the Lendbreen glacier, an ancient mountain pass used from the Viking ...

For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ...

The problem of glacial ice melting has been apparent for many years, ... clothing (including a 1,700 year-old Iron Age tunic and a 3,400 year-old Early Bronze Age shoe), ...

Those ridges are called end moraines and were formed during the Wisconsin glacial episode, popularly known as the last Ice Age. As the glaciers began retreating some 20,000 to 25,000 years ago the ...

Tristan Duke uses Arctic ice and a unique technique to offer a fresh perspective on a world transformed by climate change.

In the Yukon, Kluane National Park and Reserve includes 17 of Canada’s 20 tallest mountains and the world’s largest non-polar ...