The Ice Age is often pictured as endless snow, advancing glaciers, and struggling creatures—and it is easy to assume Greece was the same.

The glaciers of California's Sierra Nevada are disappearing as temperatures rise. Scientists recently found that the glaciers ...

"They highlight what’s missing." Scientists make alarming discovery in samples from last Ice Age: 'You can't model the future unless you understand what happened' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Jared Wildenradt is likely the most prolific hiker of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail ever, and he doesn't plan to stop anytime soon. Lisa Siewert teaches geology and geography at the University of ...

The only thing scarier than a Xenomorph is this: One hundred years in the future, we're still watching Ice Age: Continental Drift. Without context, the reference might not make a lick of sense.

The extent of this cooling effect depends heavily on atmospheric oxygen levels. In Earth’s distant past, when oxygen was ...

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere vary naturally between ice ages and interglacial periods. A new study by researchers at the University of Gothenburg shows that an unexpectedly large proportion ...