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

Wisconsin's Ice Age National Scenic Trail sees almost 4.7 million hikers each year and generates $820 million to the state's tourism economy.

Scholars generally agree that fire was crucial to human survival during the most recent Ice Age—yet in Europe, there is surprisingly little evidence of hearths from its coldest years, between ...

One of which was harnessing the power of fire. However, not many well-preserved fireplaces dating back to the coldest part of the ice age (between 26,500 and 19,000 years ago) remain in Europe.

Nuber said researchers previously may have looked at one of these cycles to predict when the onset or waning of an Ice Age occurred, but this is the first study to use multiple, which is what ...

A new study suggests that Earth’s next ice age should begin within the next 11,000 years - except our impact on the planet may delay it, potentially by thousands of years. Scientists have long ...

An ice age should begin in about 10,000 years, but its onset is most likely delayed due to man-made climate change, an international team of scientists found in their analysis published this week ...

In This IssueThe rates of biological primary production before the emergence of atmospheric oxygen on Earth are thought to be low. However, mudstones from the Archean Era contain a high organic matter ...

Ancient species may have evolved more slowly and lasted longer, but the pace of evolution picked up after global ice ages, according to a new study from Virginia Tech. Published in the journal Science ...

Our hiking columnist didn’t love the 1,200-mile Ice Age Trail, which cuts across Wisconsin. But he adored the affable people he met along the way.

When these deep ice ages finally relented at the close of the Proterozoic, the metaphorical slingshot was released, and life on Earth began to thrive. From 0 to 100 in a few million years The results ...

Quantifying the global biodiversity of Proterozoic eukaryotes. Science, 2024; 386 (6728) DOI: 10.1126/science.adm9137 ...