Hundreds of millions of Americans are presently besieged by a massive arctic blast and winter storm. Luckily for them, it ...

Mars’s gravity shapes ice ages on Earth, new research finds - Red Planet’s gravity plays a significant role in climate cycles ...

Despite its small size, Mars seems to have a huge impact on the orbital cycles that govern Earth’s climate, especially those ...

Early test results indicate that this aquifer, which sits under the seabed and looks like it runs from New Jersey all the way ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising mechanism that may explain how Earth cooled dramatically after the age of dinosaurs.

The last ice age did not shut down Atlantic ocean currents, and that discovery may help explain future climate risks.

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A 66 million-year-old mystery behind how our planet transformed from a tropical greenhouse to the ice-capped world of today ...

Thanks to its largest-ever donation, the La Brea Tar Pits will now house the Samuel Oschin Global Center for Ice Age Research.

A new study shows the monument’s most exotic stones did not arrive by chance but were instead deliberately selected and ...

During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean’s powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty water from the tropics to the North Atlantic despite extensive ice cover ...

During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean's powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty ...