Scientists say small changes in the way the Earth orbits the sun hold the key in major global changes in climate, like ice ...
Earth’s climate has never been static. It shifts between warm interglacial periods and deep freezes, driven by complex ...
Over 700 million years ago, Earth experienced a dramatic climate event known as the Sturtian glaciation, one of the most ...
Scientists have determined exactly how Earth's orbit and tilt affect glaciation and deglaciation, based on the length of ...
Earth’s climate follows a natural cycle of ice ages and warm periods. A new study shows that small orbital changes drive ...
Earth emerged from the last ice age around 11,700 years ago. A new analysis suggests the next one could be expected in 10,000 ...
Earth's history is a roller-coaster of climate fluctuations, of relative warmth giving way to frozen periods of glaciation ...
According to a new study, changes in Earth’s tilt have driven the rise and fall of massive ice sheets for the past 800,000 ...
The Earth's next ice age is expected to begin in about 11,000 years -- unless human-caused global warming disrupts natural ...
Glacial cycles aren’t random; they follow a predictable rhythm dictated by Earth’s orbit. A study analyzing climate records ...
It has been assumed that changes in the Earth's orbit around the sun are responsible for the ice age cycles. It is now clear ...
Scientists have long known that Earth’s climate goes through cycles of ice ages and warmer periods. Around 2.5 million years ago, the planet entered a phase marked by repeated ice ages, with the most ...