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, ...

Earth's last ice age ended around 11,700 years ago ... cause the planet to repeatedly skip glacial periods for at least the next 500,000 years. "Such a transition to a glacial state in 10,000 years' ...

began some 11,700 years ago when the last ice age ended. It's known as an interglacial period, or a time between ice ages. The current period should be a stable interglacial, which means the next ...

"Such a transition to a glacial state in 10,000 years' time is very unlikely to happen, because human emissions of carbon ...

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

Scientists have determined exactly how Earth's orbit and tilt affect glaciation and deglaciation, based on the length of these parameters' cycles and clues hidden at the bottom of the ocean.

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

The last ice age ended about 10,000 years ago ... Homo erectus appeared in Africa at the start of the period, and as time marched on the hominid line evolved bigger brains and higher intelligence.

Periods of rapid climate variability that occurred throughout the last Ice Age, during which time climate alternated between cold stadial conditions and relatively mild interstadial periods Proxy ...

Global Warming and Mass Extinctions: What We Can Learn from Plants from the Last Ice Age Feb. 12, 2025 — Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species -- according to estimates ...

A new study published in Nature provides key insights into sea level rise after the last ice age, around 11,700 years ago.

The period continues to shape variations in sea level along the ... 69 percent – of the observed vertical land motion is due to ongoing effects from the last ice age. “This ice age effect is the ...