A subpolar species associated with Atlantic water expanded far into the Arctic Ocean during the Last Interglacial, analysis of microfossil content of sediment cores reveals. This implies that summers ...

A new study in Nature Geoscience uncovers a surprising link between West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat and the growth of marine ...

(WFLA) — It’s quite the claim; This week, Earth broke a record for its hottest day in 120,000 years. Actually on concurrent days — Monday, with another jump on Tuesday. The black line in the image ...

Course description: Investigates major problems in the study and understanding of Quaternary climate variation, in seminar format. Each year one major topic will be addressed, such as: the physics and ...

Monday was likely the hottest day on Earth since modern recordkeeping began. On that day, the planet was 17.16 degrees Celsius, or 62.89 degrees Fahrenheit, on average, according to the European ...

Beginning around 2.5 million years ago, Earth entered an era marked by successive ice ages and interglacial periods, emerging from the last glaciation around 11,700 years ago. A new analysis suggests ...

Natalie J. Burls is in the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Earth Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, USA. For the past 2.7 million years, Earth’s climate has been in a ...