Scientists have determined exactly how Earth's orbit and tilt affect glaciation and deglaciation, based on the length of ...

Changes to the seasons will also have big impacts on the environment—altering the growing seasons for plants and changing ...

Scientists say small changes in the way the Earth orbits the sun hold the key in major global changes in climate, like ice ...

Earth’s climate follows a natural cycle of ice ages and warm periods. A new study shows that small orbital changes drive ...

Coauthor of the study, Professor Lorraine Lisiecki of the University of California, Santa Barbara, added: “This is important ...

Earth's history is a roller-coaster of climate fluctuations, of relative warmth giving way to frozen periods of glaciation ...

Earth emerged from the last ice age around 11,700 years ago. A new analysis suggests the next one could be expected in 10,000 ...

Birds adjust survival strategies based on climate. Some breed quickly, while others live long and delay reproduction.

Glaciers once inched toward the sea, gouging rocks. When the ice masses melted, they infused oceans with nutrients that may ...

Kew Gardens will open a new "ground-breaking" garden in July that explores the urgent need to tackle the climate crisis. The ...

An international research team led by the University of Vienna has discovered that the solar system traversed the Orion ...

Climate change has likely contributed to the unprecedented ... The sun may be the key to all life on Earth, but it is not the reason global temperatures have been rapidly rising in the last ...