Earth’s climate has never been static. It shifts between warm interglacial periods and deep freezes, driven by complex interactions between the atmosphere, oceans, and even Earth’s orbit around the ...
However, don't rush for your woolly hat and scarf just yet, because the long-term effects of human-made climate change could prevent the next ice age from ever happening. Our planet has always ...
Scientists say small changes in the way the Earth orbits the sun hold the key in major global changes in climate, like ice ...
The cold periods - or ice ages - are times when the entire Earth experiences notably colder climatic conditions. During an ice age, the polar ... extended all the way into the mid-latitudes ...
A researcher with UW collaborated on the project to come up with the most precise predictive Ice Age model to date.