Hundreds of millions of Americans are presently besieged by a massive arctic blast and winter storm. Luckily for them, it ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, the first wave of a worldwide tsunami now known as the “Sixth Extinction” swept across the ...

Scientists studying ancient ocean sediments discovered a surprising link between the shrinking of West Antarctica’s ice and the Southern Ocean’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide.

The last ice age did not shut down Atlantic ocean currents, and that discovery may help explain future climate risks.

In the shadow of a coal mine in southern Greece, archaeologists discovered the oldest known handheld wooden tools ever found.

During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean’s powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty water from the tropics to the North Atlantic despite extensive ice cover ...

The frigid weather gripping much of America is not unprecedented, but it feels that way. The 21st century has been unusually ...

During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean's powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty ...

Venture outside of Las Vegas to the state’s parks, where stunning scenery and intriguing history complement a range of ...

A long-debated platinum spike in Greenland ice is best explained by volcanic activity rather than a cosmic impact, reshaping ideas about what triggered the Younger Dryas cooling. An unusual platinum ...

The woolly rhino, Coelodonta antiquitatis, would have been an impressive sight to the ancient people who painted images of them on cave walls and carved figurines of them out of bone, antler, ivory ...