Earth system box models are essential tools for reconstructing long-term climatic and environmental evolution and uncovering ...

Angela Fitzgerald explores Interstate Park's Ice Age geology and 125-year history. Shaped by Ice Age glaciers, Interstate Park is Wisconsin's oldest state park. Angela speaks with property supervisor ...

In the past, when West Antarctica melted, there was a rapid uptick in onshore geological activity in the area.

The United States has a habit of showcasing its geology. Long before cities and highways showed up, forces beneath the ...

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL–The widely accepted theory that changes in Earth’s orbit drive cycles of glaciation can’t account for an early thawing of glaciers from the next-to-last ice age, according to ...

Approximately 700,000 years ago, a “warm ice age” permanently changed the climate cycles on Earth. Contemporaneous with this exceptionally warm and moist period, the polar glaciers greatly expanded. A ...

A team of scientists thinks the planet may have been thrust into its longest ice age because less gas leaked out of volcanoes. By Katrina Miller Around 717 million years ago, Earth’s humid landscapes ...

Earth is believed to have experienced its most severe ice age around 700 million years ago, which left behind geological ...

Teufelsschlucht is a striking sandstone gorge near Echternacherbrück in Rhineland-Palatinate. Formed during the Ice Age, the ...