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 ...

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 ice age would begin in about 10,000 years, the ...

In Spring '14, we will focus on the theory and mechanics of glacial/interglacial atmospheric CO2 change. Expectations and grading: Students will be required to make presentations on assigned readings ...

Meteorologist Rich Segal answers viewer questions in depth on topics like informing audiences about climate change's impacts, interglacial periods affecting weather, and why noctilucent clouds are ...

Coastal planners take heed: Newly uncovered evidence from fossil corals found on an island chain in the Indian Ocean suggests that sea levels could rise even more steeply in our warming world than ...

Though Earth's climate is complex and influenced by many factors, the Milankovitch cycles remain central to understanding long-term glacial and interglacial periods, supported by evidence from ice ...