New research shows that today’s global warming could eventually overshoot into runaway cooling, setting the stage for a ...

Prof. Maureen Raymo, earth sciences, Boston University discussed the origins of ice ages on Earth in a packed classroom in Snee Hall yesterday afternoon. Raymo explained that by measuring the amount ...

For decades, scientists puzzled over two key climate mysteries. What sparked the formation of Earth’s vast ice sheets during the last ice age—and how did they spread so fast? New research may finally ...

Invasive species such as cats, emerald ash borers, pigs, fire ants and hemlock woolly adelgids are causing changes to ...

New research shows warming events can, under certain conditions, trigger long-term cooling strong enough to resemble past ice ages.

The extent of this cooling effect depends heavily on atmospheric oxygen levels. In Earth's distant past, when oxygen was ...