A new study examined how communities changed as people shifted from hunting to farming during the Holocene era.

As the last Ice Age came to an end nearly 10,000 years ago, something unexpected happened deep beneath Earth’s surface. Large glaciers began to melt. The sea levels rose quickly—about 1 centimeter per ...

New research reveals how the Earth might overcorrect for global warming. For a long time, scientists believed that the gradual breakdown of silicate rocks played the leading role in regulating Earth’s ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Regular changes in Earth's orbit and axial tilt may have triggered the start and end of ice ages ...

Beginning around 2.5 million years ago, Earth entered an era marked by successive ice ages and interglacial periods, emerging from the last glaciation around 11,700 years ago. A new analysis suggests ...

Just 20,000 years ago, coastlines stretched farther, whole land bridges connected continents, and massive glaciers reshaped the map. This is the world as it looked during the last Ice Age.

All over the world, fresh water is disappearing, and a new analysis reveals that much of it is entering the ocean, with drying continents now contributing more to the alarming rise in global sea ...

Study warns that humans may be driving Earth toward a sixth mass extinction. The research shows species loss, but the future ...

What processes have regulated climate over the course of Earth’s history? Researchers are addressing this question in the ...

The Staggering Numbers Behind Earth's Greatest Freshwater System S. Environmental Protection Agency. They contain 21% of the ...

Off the coast of Antarctica, the sea ice retreated toward the southernmost continent and, like a bottle cap taken off a soda ...

"... a pivotal event in our planet's history." This is an Inside Science story. Earth's first continents may have emerged from the oceans roughly 750 million years ...