Five of the past six years have witnessed the most rapid glacier retreat on record, according to new research by the World ...

The researchers unearthed 427 artefacts, including stone tools and the first ochre pieces- the red-coloured rock used in ...

March 21, 2025, is the inaugural UNESCO World Day for Glaciers. Glaciers are a critical supply of freshwater for billions of ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — A team of scientists have elucidated an ancient mechanism of cellular respiration. To that end, they studied bacteria that feed on the gases carbon dioxide and hydrogen, and turn ...

As the planet warms, Antarctica's ice sheet is melting and contributing to sea-level rise around the globe. Antarctica holds ...

Vast mountain glacial flows created in the ice age in the US, Canada ... snow and ice play in climate and water or hydrological cycles. Glacial decline is also making natural hazards like floods ...

Our planet’s last glacial period (colloquially known as the Ice Age) began around 115,000 years ago and lasted for over 103,000 years of the Pleistocene Epoch. During this time, ...

For nearly 70 years scientists have been probing, measuring, drilling and generally getting to know South Cascade Glacier in ...

"The Tibetan Plateau was previously thought to be uninhabitable during the last glacial maximum," said Li. Evidence found in the region shows that humans lived on the Tibetan Plateau before and after ...

This work underscores the importance of southern China as a refuge during glacial extremes and unveils narratives of human ...

Rapid warming linked to leap in tropical ocean seasonality When land-based ice sheets melt, the resulting water transfers ... the last ice age. Such land deformation results from glacial isostatic ...