Humans seem to have been adapted to the last ice age in similar ways to wolves and bears, according to our recent study, challenging longstanding theories about how and where our ancestors lived ...

Ice flow modeling and geological analyses suggest it's possible that glaciers carried the stone part of the way during the last Ice Age. However, scientists say that scenario is unlikely ...

The last ice age peaked around 20,000 years ago and was marked by extensive glaciation and dramatic climate shifts that reshaped Earth's oceans, landscapes and ecosystems. A study led by the ...

An international expedition including University of Sydney researchers has pieced together the clearest picture yet of how ...

Large changes in global sea level, fueled by fluctuations in ice sheet growth and decay, occurred throughout the last ice age, rather than just toward the end of that period, a study published in the ...

A new study combines data from ancient shells with advanced climate modeling to shed light on how El Ni o weather patterns might change in a warming world. The last ice age peaked around 20,000 years ...

The cows watched us as we trekked through the tall grass of the Ruataniwha Conservation Park in New Zealand. Tails swished in the warm summer air, and their heads slowly turned in sync to follow our ...

Much more in line with field observations, the new results show that the ice was thinner than in previous models. Scientists at the University of Lausanne (UNIL) have used AI to massively speed up ...