Earth’s climate has never been static. It shifts between warm interglacial periods and deep freezes, driven by complex interactions between the atmosphere, oceans, and even Earth’s orbit around the ...

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

For millions of years, Earth's climate has been driven by natural cycles linked to its orbit, shifting between ice ages and ...

Driving the news: In a study released this month, researchers from Oregon State University analyzed methane trapped in ice from the last Ice Age to examine ... Changes to our current climate ...

"There is an important message, which is that we should not expect the Earth to always return to a cold state as it was in the pre-industrial age," he said. "Earth's current ice-covered state is ...

It has long been known that the current ice age is linked to changes in the Earth's orbit, writes the research team. So far, however, it has not been possible to identify the orbital parameters ...

Documentary series in which scientists discuss what the world may be like in the future. 5 million years in the future the Earth is in the last throes of the current ice age.