We created a very special #diorama when #Scrat the squirrel accidentally found a frozen #mammoth friend, and to his surprise ...

Abstract: Community energy structures do not only present a crucial alternative to the current predominant fossil-based energy landscape, but also create additional economic, social, and environmental ...

Instead, it's possible that the organic carbon thermostat will make up for the delay expected for the next ice age. Climate change is disturbing Earth's natural cycles, and previous research suggests ...

cDepartment of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, and Ageing, Imperial College London, London, UK dDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, London, UK ...

Life in Greece during the Ice Age was shaped by harsh climates, plenty of wildlife, and human resilience. Credit: Mauricio-Anton- CC BY SA 2.5 The Ice Age is often imagined as a world of endless snow, ...

What did early humans like to eat? The answer, according to a team of archaeologists in Argentina, is extinct megafauna, such as giant sloths and giant armadillos. In a study published in the journal ...

The extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna may be people’s fault after all, according to a recent study. A team of archaeologists recently examined animal bones at sites dating to the waning years of ...

An annual hiking challenge is back this October, encouraging people to get outside and enjoy the fall colors along the Ice Age National Scenic Trail in Wisconsin. The Ice Age Trail Alliance's Mammoth ...

Archaeologists discovered three ancient rock art sites, dated to 12,000 years old, in modern-day Saudi Arabia. The art is the earliest evidence of human repopulation of the area after it was deserted ...

Earth has never stood still when it comes to climate. For billions of years, our planet has cycled between heat and cold, shaping the environment where life evolved. But new research from UC Riverside ...

Computer simulation of Earth's climate evolving over 1 million years in response to a sudden release of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. Credit: Andy Ridgwell/UCR. Earth has a built-in climate ...

Buried deep in Greenland's ice sheet lies a puzzling chemical signature that has sparked intense scientific debate. A sharp spike in platinum concentrations, discovered in an ice core (a cylinder of ...