The Sturtian glaciation was one of the most extreme climate events in Earth’s history. Beginning around 717 million years ago ...

Ancient volcanoes in the Arctic may have trapped Earth in repeated "Snowball Earth" freezes for 56 million years.

Researchers at the University of Bristol have developed a new method which could help scientists perform large-scale climate ...

Our solar system is currently passing through the Local Interstellar Cloud, a region of highly diluted gas and dust between the stars. On its path, Earth continuously accumulates iron-60, a rare ...

Ice ages reshape the planet - but they don’t come out of nowhere. From orbital shifts to atmospheric changes, here’s what actually causes Earth to freeze.

Earth is quietly collecting radioactive debris from an ancient stellar explosion as our Solar System drifts through a giant ...

A Europe-wide collaboration has unveiled the longest continuous record of Earth’s climate and atmospheric conditions, ...

Tiny crystals hidden inside an ancient bone forced scientists to redraw the timeline of a famous Homo juluensis tool site.

Scientists in China discovered that ancient humans were making surprisingly advanced stone tools during a harsh ice age ...

The solar system is now at the edge of this cloud, but the massive stockpile of cosmic stardust has left signatures on ...

Before a plan like this can be carried out, scientists will need improved data to create a more accurate projection of what ...