Was Earth a solid snowball 700 million years ago? Some geologists have been looking for an answer in an ancient, well-preserved glacial formation in the mountains of northern Oman. Their ...

Models produced by climate scientists in the 2000s suggested that the masses of ice that gave Glacier National Park its name ...

Glaciers reached Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the most recent ice age about 20,000 years ago. But much harsher ice ages hit the Earth in an ancient geological interval known as “the Cryogenian Period” ...

20,000 years ago, during the last glacial maximum, hulking formations of flowing ice stretched across the Southern Rocky Mountains in present-day Colorado. Most of those glaciers melted away by around ...

LONDON: Geological Society, November 8.-Prof. P. Martin Dunca'n, F. R.S., president, in the chair.-Melville Attwood, San Francisco, and R. W. Moore, Whitehaven, were ...

Glaciers are awe-inspiring geological formations that have defined landscapes all over the world, including Colorado. A glacier is formed when snow accumulates for many years until thick ice is formed ...

Forester Bernhard Fernow noted the young willow, bushy willow, alder, grasses, and spruce that grew in succession from sea level to 2,000 feet. At this point, older trees took over, leading Fernow to ...

A dramatic new island has formed in Alaska’s southeastern region, marking a significant environmental change caused by the retreat of glaciers.NASA’s latest satellite images captured the unprecedented ...

How did life survive the most severe ice age? A McGill University-led research team has found the first direct evidence that glacial meltwater provided a crucial lifeline to eukaryotes during Snowball ...

Glaciers reached Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the most recent ice age about 20,000 years ago. But much harsher ice ages hit the Earth in an ancient geological interval known as "the Cryogenian Period" ...