Ice Age climate shifts triggered major population changes in prehistoric Europe through migration and adaptation.

In the throes of the Little Ice Age, Europe faced extreme winters, and even the mighty Napoleon succumbed to its icy grasp during the ill-fated Russian invasion. But as Mount Tambora erupted in ...

Earth's history is a roller-coaster of climate fluctuations, of relative warmth giving way to frozen periods of glaciation before rising up again to the more temperate climes we experience today.

Traveling East might have been an appropriate tendency for early humans living in what is now Europe near the end of the Ice Age. A team of researchers describe how populations shifted in size, ...

"Such a transition to a glacial state in 10,000 years' time is very unlikely to happen, because human emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere have already diverted the climate from its ...

SMU research reveals glaciers erode mountains faster than previously thought, with implications for climate change models and ...

Now, new geological data show that sea levels rose about 125 feet (38 meters) between 11,000 and 3,000 years ago, according ...

By determining which ice sheets melted to create a colossal increase in sea levels 14,500 years ago, scientists hope to ...

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Dr. Daniel Britt has a lengthy resume of impressive credentials, and even has an asteroid named him: 4395 DanBritt. He is the ...

A new species of fallow deer, Dama roberti, described by Adrian Lister and Marzia Breda in 2013. Left: fossil skull and antlers from Pakefield, Suffolk. Right: reconstruction by David Waterhouse.