The Earth’s climate is a dynamic entity, continuously evolving over billions of years with alternating periods of extreme ...

New research shows that today’s global warming could eventually overshoot into runaway cooling, setting the stage for a ...

UC Riverside researchers have discovered a piece that was missing in previous descriptions of the way Earth recycles its ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Regular changes in Earth's orbit and axial tilt may have triggered the start and end of ice ages ...

On its own, Earth would shift toward another ice age in about 10,000 years, scientists say. But humanity's greenhouse gas emissions may have radically shifted the climate's trajectory. Credit: Matt ...

UC Riverside researchers reveal how the planet is on track to cool to extreme temperatures within 100,000 years due to a ...

New research shows warming events can, under certain conditions, trigger long-term cooling strong enough to resemble past ice ages.

Earth has experienced several climate cycles throughout its long history, including several ice ages that caused the planet to freeze over. The last ice age occurred approximately 11,700 years ago, ...

As the last Ice Age came to an end nearly 10,000 years ago, something unexpected happened deep beneath Earth’s surface. Large glaciers began to melt. The sea levels rose quickly—about 1 centimeter per ...

The extent of this cooling effect depends heavily on atmospheric oxygen levels. In Earth's distant past, when oxygen was ...

What processes have regulated climate over the course of Earth’s history? Researchers are addressing this question in the ...