Over 2.4 billion years ago, Earth entered one of the most extreme climate events in its history — the Huronian Glaciation.

A hidden change in Arctic geography may have disrupted the ice age rhythm and transformed the global climate over thousands ...

First, what is an ice age? It’s when the Earth has cold temperatures for a long time – millions to tens of millions of years – that lead to ice sheets and glaciers covering large areas of its surface.

Hundreds of millions of Americans are presently besieged by a massive arctic blast and winter storm. Luckily for them, it will only be temporary. That wasn't the case 20,000 years ago... Between ...

Earth’s path around the Sun is not a fixed racetrack but a slowly shifting orbit, and those subtle changes have a long history of reshaping the planet’s climate. As astronomers refine how these ...

You can learn all about how the Ice Age impacted Utah at an exhibit at the Natural History Museum of Utah, for a limited time. "Mysteries of the Ice Ages" explores 18,000 years of Earth's dramatic Ice ...

Ice, ice ages, and our planet's climate history -- Fire, water, and God -- Glaciers and fossil fish -- The evidence -- Searching for the cause of ice ages -- Defrosting earth -- The ice age cycles -- ...

New reconstructions of 540 million years of climate history show the planet tumbling between icehouse and hothouse states, revealing how rare and vulnerable our temperate moment is. Some 4 billion ...

New research suggests Earth’s climate can swing wildly on surprisingly short timescales — even during hot, ice-free ...