Previous analysis indicates that Earth endured a roughly 200–300 year long ice age starting around 540 CE. Scientists believe that powerful volcanic eruptions that hurled massive amounts of ash ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) New geological data reveals that global sea levels rose rapidly after the last ice age, with peaks exceeding 1 meter per century during the early Holocene. This ...

Researchers in Vienna found three fireplaces from the coldest period of the Ice Age, also the most mysterious.

Apr. 14, 2025 — Whether for cooking, heating, as a light source or for making tools -- it is assumed that fire was essential for the survival of people in the Ice Age. However, it is puzzling ...

Around 14,500 years ago, toward the end of the last ice age, melting continental ice sheets drove a sudden and cataclysmic sea level rise of up to 65 feet in just 500 years or less.

Samples drilled from deep beneath the sea have revealed just how much global sea levels changed following the last ice age. Melting ice caps in North America, Antarctica and Europe caused sea ...

Scientific Data (2025). Creative Commons. Scientists have unveiled the most detailed map yet of the landscape hidden beneath Antarctica's ice. The high-resolution map reveals what the frozen ...

An archaeological study of human settlement during the Final Palaeolithic revealed that populations in Europe did not ...

LANSING, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) — A new interactive map has been launched to help residents track roads that have reopened following the recent ice storm. The map is available on the Ice Storm web ...

The model also shows surface elevation (left) and ice thickness (right). Photo: Pritchard et al. Called Bedmap3, the model is the most detailed and accurate map of the Antarctic continent ever ...

But with global heating and climate change wreaking havoc on the ice caps of Antarctica, researchers are looking to a new map of the south polar region to better map global warming changes and ...