Scientists have determined exactly how Earth's orbit and tilt affect glaciation and deglaciation, based on the length of ...

Scientists say small changes in the way the Earth orbits the sun hold the key in major global changes in climate, like ice ...

Find out what scientists say about the Next Ice Age and the natural rhythms shaping our planet's climate over millennia.

Earth’s climate follows a natural cycle of ice ages and warm periods. A new study shows that small orbital changes drive ...

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This weekend marks the occasion of the 97th annual Academy Awards. This year’s Oscars come on the heels of the January ...

That doesn’t sound goodA supercomputer has predicted when humans will become extinct.Though climate change is always in the ...

Earth’s climate has never been static. It shifts between warm interglacial periods and deep freezes, driven by complex ...

Heat waves have gotten hotter in the Northern Hemisphere in recent decades. Home to about 90% of the world's population, with ...

The research, published Thursday, February 27, in the journal Science, found a strong connection between Earth’s axial tilt ...

This weekend marks the occasion of the 97th annual Academy Awards. This year’s Oscars come on the heels of the January wildfires that devastated much of Los Angeles, scorching nearly 57,000 acres of ...

It has been assumed that changes in the Earth's orbit around the sun are responsible for the ice age cycles. It is now clear ...