Grab some wood from the corner store, set it up in your backyard fire pit, and strike a match. But how did our Ice Age ...

Around 10,000 years ago, as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading ...

Although the team obviously can’t tie zircon minerals to the Roman Empire’s collapse, their lengthy migration inside frozen ...

By studying three prehistoric hearths in Ukraine, a team of researchers has gained new insight into how fire was used during the Ice Age’s harshest period. As detailed in a study published ...

intense cold periods, like the Younger Dryas. This brief cold snap interrupted the warming trend at the end of the last ice age and remains a topic of great interest to climate scientists.

The last ice age ended about 10,000 years ago ... Homo erectus appeared in Africa at the start of the period, and as time marched on the hominid line evolved bigger brains and higher intelligence.

When it comes to the fall of the Roman Empire, this climate shift may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.” ...

Theories include poor management, pressure from Germanic people, the rise of Christianity, overpopulation, worsening defenses—and even the unfortunate timing of a brief ice ... age and composition of ...

That seemingly simple question has sparked a new battle between geologists and environmental advocates over what to call the time period we ... after the last major ice age. But that label is ...

New research reveals that post-ice age sea levels rose over a meter per century during key periods and totaled about 38 ...

This period of intense, rapid cooling, known as the Late Antique Little Ice Age, coincided with the crumbling of Roman power. Researchers suggest this climatic shift may have been the final blow ...