Scientists say small changes in the way the Earth orbits the sun hold the key in major global changes in climate, like ice ...

Bones dating back 25,000 years suggest that humans lived in extremely icy conditions in Tibet, which were previously thought ...

Natural cycles in Earth's rotational axis and its orbit around the sun drive climatic changes, and now researchers have ...

The researchers studied Earth’s orbit, tilt and wobble to solve a problem that had stumped scientists for decades. View on ...

The Little Ice Age was a period of global cooling that began during around 1300 CE and lasted until about 1850. Average temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere dropped by about 1.1 degrees Fahrenheit ...

For millions of years, Earth's climate has been driven by natural cycles linked to its orbit, shifting between ice ages and ...

Based on the orbital parameters, if humans had not altered the climate so dramatically, the next ice age would be in about 10 ...

A mammoth tusk was found at a private West Texas ranch, prompting questions like can you own one. A Texas Tech professor answers that, and more.

Beginning around 2.5 million years ago, Earth entered an era marked by successive ice ages and interglacial periods, emerging from the last glaciation around 11,700 years ago. A new analysis suggests ...

It means future work that includes data from the post-industrial period will likely push back the timing of the next ice age.

In the 19th century, archaeologists in Poland discovered a cave that had sheltered prehistoric people known as the Magdalenians around 18,000 years ago. Magdalenian culture is well known for its ...

Despite decades of research, precisely how the various parts of the solar insolation cycles affect glacial cycles is not known. Around 2.5 million years ...