Around 14,500 years ago, toward the end of the last ice age, melting continental ice sheets drove a sudden and cataclysmic ...

New geological data has given more insight into the rate and magnitude of global sea level rise following the last ice age, ...

The last glacial maximum, which lasted from 26,500 to 19,000 years ago, was the most severe phase of the Late Pleistocene ice age. During this period, massive ice sheets and polar ice caps covered ...

"The remains are highly evocative because they enable us to make almost face-to-face connection with animals that are tens of ...

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 ...

The new approach to radiocarbon dating could soon be applied to other Paleolithic human sites, improving our understanding of ...

With the impending ice age almost upon them, a mismatched trio of prehistoric critters – Manny the woolly mammoth, Diego the saber-toothed tiger and Sid the giant sloth – find an orphaned ...

A popular pastime among Americans of a certain age is to wage an internal debate about when to claim Social Security: At age 62? Sixty-five? Seventy? In purely monetary terms, as it turns out ...

Indeed, starch grains found on 30,000-year-old grinding tools suggest Stone Age cooks would have likely baked an early iteration of pancakes using a hot rock rather than a trusty Tefal.

Ice-type Pokémon are just one of 18 different types in the world of Pokémon Go. Each has its own strengths, weaknesses and best Pokémon. Some, like Ice, are naturally cooler than others. As of ...

By the end of the month, sea ice was at its lowest level ever recorded for February, marking the third straight month of record lows. This follows a year of concerning signs from the region ...