Ancient volcanoes in the Arctic may have trapped Earth in repeated "Snowball Earth" freezes for 56 million years.

The Sturtian glaciation was one of the most extreme climate events in Earth’s history. Beginning around 717 million years ago ...

Our solar system is currently passing through the Local Interstellar Cloud, a region of highly diluted gas and dust between the stars. On its path, Earth continuously accumulates iron-60, a rare ...

Humans may have returned to Britain far earlier than scientists once believed — not long after the last ice sheet began ...

In central China, scientists have spent over a decade excavating and studying an archaeological site where ancient humans ...

Ice ages reshape the planet - but they don’t come out of nowhere. From orbital shifts to atmospheric changes, here’s what actually causes Earth to freeze.

Scientists in China discovered that ancient humans were making surprisingly advanced stone tools during a harsh ice age ...

Deep under Antarctic ice, a 748-foot ice core recovered by the SWAIS2C project reveals past warm, ice-free periods on the ...

A giant asteroid impact crater has been found under Greenland's Hiawatha Glacier. Advanced radar revealed the enormous structure. Scientists analysed meltwater sediments, finding shocked quartz and ...

A Brief History of the Universe (and our place in it) is at once a fascinating story of discovery and a beautiful celebration of our endless curiosity.

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Bowler hats and crampons; ice-picks and puffy skirts — climbing with Indigenous Aymara women amid the glacial peaks of Bolivia’s Andean plateau offers a rare insight into the lives of the remarkable ...