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

Scientists can now predict these cycles with remarkable accuracy, finding that without human influence, Earth would begin ...

The Earth has gone through successive glacial and interglacial periods for about 2.5 million years. A new study reveals when ...

For many millions of years, our planet has experienced glacial periods followed by warmer periods. A crucial role in these ...

The research, published Thursday, February 27, in the journal Science, found a strong connection between Earth’s axial tilt ...

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

Scientists say small changes in the way the Earth orbits the sun hold the key in major global changes in climate, like ice ...

For millions of years, Earth's climate has been driven by natural cycles linked to its orbit, shifting between ice ages and ...

What remains unclear is how human-made climate change would alter these predictions ... from the post-industrial period will ...

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 ...

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 ...