Rocks on Iceland beaches confirm the Late Antique Little Ice Age, caused by volcanic eruptions, precipitated the fall of the Roman Empire.

Roughly 252 million years ago, Earth experienced its deadliest known extinction. Known as the Permian–Triassic Mass ...

Kings Canyon, deeper than the Grand Canyon, offers stunning views but remains less visited due to its remote location.

A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen – possibly predating our solar system by more than three billion years, researchers say. The "water ...

Most meetings reward the loudest and quickest voices. Fast talkers dominate, while more reflective thinkers get sidelined. Ideas are judged not by their substance but by the confidence with which they ...

The remains of landscapes thought to have formed when ancient rivers flowed across East Antarctica have been discovered—and ...

All things considered, the Pittsburgh Penguins have a pretty deep prospect pool on the blue line. And one defensive prospect ...

A bold scientific simulation explores an alternate timeline where dinosaurs survived the asteroid impact and entered the Ice Age. The results paint a chilling vision of prehistoric titans adapting, ...

A long-lost photo snapped from a Navy plane in 1966 has become the unlikely key to understanding how Antarcticas ...

Across Europe and around the world, melting glaciers are reshaping landscapes and climate systems. Researchers Elzė ...

Long-lost 1960s aerial photos let Copenhagen researchers watch Antarctica’s Wordie Ice Shelf crumble in slow motion. By fusing film with satellites, they discovered warm ocean water, not surface ponds ...

New research challenges the long-held belief that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a massive ice shelf during ice ages.