The researchers' computer simulation, dubbed the Ōtautahi–Oxford Model, marks the first real-time application of predictive modeling ... it would help confirm that ice-rich materials were ...

Almost two-thirds of the world's population is affected by the monsoon—the annual arrival of intense rains in areas north and ...

A trove of prehistoric Ice Age treasures are being exhibited alongside classic works of art to show why they deserve their ...

The Idle period is relevant in a wide variety of systems and has been extensively studied in the literature. This paper derives the distribution and moments of the idle period for different ...

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

New research challenges the long-held belief that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a massive ice shelf during ice ages.

For decades, scientists believed the Arctic Ocean was sealed under a massive slab of ice during the coldest ice ages — but new research proves otherwise. Sediment samples from the seafloor, paired ...

During the last Ice Age,roughly between 26,000 and 19,000 years ago, the Earth was dramatically different from today. Vast ...