Around 14,500 years ago, toward the end of the last ice age, melting continental ... sheets around the world and could help scientists make better predictions of future sea level rise, according ...

The world’s first saber-toothed cat ... How did people survive? The Little Ice Age was brutal. How did people survive? The ocean has a 'conveyer belt.' Here's why it's important.

As the last Ice Age came to an end nearly 10,000 years ago, something unexpected happened deep beneath Earth’s surface. Large ...

“We have such a huge range of uncertainty,” said Dirk Notz, head of sea ice at the University of Hamburg. “The numbers are just getting higher and higher and higher very quickly.” The ...

From 2021 to 2023, ice mass in East Antarctica particularly showed signs of recovery. However, scientists still say it may ...

The disappearance of sea ice in polar regions due to global warming not only increases the amount of light entering the ocean, but also changes its color. These changes have far-reaching consequences ...

The world's oceans are ... as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading in the Atlantic Ocean, may have temporarily sped up—with a little ...

revealing Ice Age technological sophistication. (photo credit: Sara Watson) Archaeologists from the Field Museum unearthed thousands of ancient stone tools in a cave overlooking the ocean on the ...

World on Course to Trigger Multiple ... decrease homogenously during the last cold phase of the Ice Age. Significant ... Thinner Arctic Sea Ice May Affect Global Ocean Circulation Mar. 31, 2025 ...