On its own, Earth would shift toward another ice age in about 10,000 years, scientists say. But humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions may have radically shifted the climates trajectory. (Santa Barbara, ...

Study finds Mars helps pace Earth's ice ages through gravity. Remove Mars, and a major 2.4-million-year climate rhythm ...

Ice ages have come and gone, shaping the planet and leaving scientists and historians alike wondering about their causes and ...

Earth’s climate has never been static. It shifts between warm interglacial periods and deep freezes, driven by complex interactions between the atmosphere, oceans, and even Earth’s orbit around the ...

What can craters on Mars teach scientists about the Red Planet’s climate history? This is what a recent study published in Geology hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated ice buildup ...

Mars is at the tail-end of an ice age that would have seen large swathes of the dusty red planet covered with ice. First evidence of ice age cycles seen in Mars' northern polar ice cap Radar data ...

On its own, Earth would shift toward another ice age in about 10,000 years, scientists say. But humanity's greenhouse gas emissions may have radically shifted the climate's trajectory. Credit: Matt ...

Analysis of the ancient ice is expected to show how Earth's atmosphere and climate have evolved. Scientists say it should provide insight into how Ice Age cycles have changed, and may help in ...

Glaciers are thought to change at, well, a glacial pace. Certainly that has been true throughout the planet’s history. The current ice age — known as the Pilocene-Quatenary glaciation, which began 2.6 ...

An international team of scientists announced Thursday they have successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice they say is at least ...