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The ice cores could offer clues about a period known as the Mid-Pleistocene Transition that has long puzzled scientists ...

In a small, refrigerated room at a Brussels university, parka-wearing scientists chop up Antarctic ice cores tens of ...

These ancient cores may contain clues about an unexplained change in Earth’s glacial-interglacial cycles, and could shed ...

For much of the planet’s recent geological history, ice ages came and went every 41,000 years. Then, during a period ...

New research shows that climate systems like sea ice and permafrost may shift abruptly, even at 1.5°C (2.7°F) of warming.

For over two decades, satellites have quietly documented a major crisis unfolding beneath our feet: Earth's continents are ...

Researchers have developed a novel method to detect and study how ice forms in mixed-phase clouds, significantly boosting scientists' ability to forecast weather and model climate change.

The ancient ice, which could be some 1.5 million years old, was retrieved from depths of up to 2,800 metres and will be ...

An ancient ice core from Mont Blanc has revealed 12,000 years of climate and human history, making it the oldest Alpine ice ...

The Arctic is warming faster than many other parts of the planet. This warming is not only melting ice and snow—it’s also ...

Scientists found 12,000-year-old glacier ice in the Alps, revealing new details about Europe’s climate history and human ...