"Such a transition to a glacial state in 10,000 years' time is very unlikely to happen, because human emissions of carbon ...

It’s St. Patrick’s Day weekend, hear one of Beethoven’s most beloved and the Chiseler’s Market beckons bargain hunters.

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 history is a roller-coaster of climate fluctuations, of relative warmth giving way to frozen periods of glaciation ...

Earth’s climate follows a natural cycle of ice ages and warm periods. A new study shows that small orbital changes drive ...

Scientists have determined exactly how Earth's orbit and tilt affect glaciation and deglaciation, based on the length of ...

The Little Ice Age was a period of global cooling that began during around 1300 CE and lasted until about 1850. Average temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere dropped by about 1.1 degrees Fahrenheit ...

In the throes of the Little Ice Age, Europe faced extreme winters, and even the mighty Napoleon succumbed to its icy grasp ...

Researchers conclude that Adélie penguins took over the Antarctic habits of seals when sea ice started to expand around 1,400 ...

When European diseases wiped out up to 90% of the Americas' population, abandoned farmland was swallowed by forests—pulling enough carbon from the air to help plunge the planet into a centuries-long ...

From the rain-spoiled crops to the advancing glaciers and droughts that kill off livestock. Mass starvation has set in and ...