Although the team obviously can’t tie zircon minerals to the Roman Empire’s collapse, their lengthy migration inside frozen ...

These points of no return are specific moments when the planet has warmed so much that certain effects become irreversible.

Earlier today, a huge serac collapsed in Everest's Khumbu Icefall. Luckily, no one was injured, but the shifting ice did ...

The findings, published in the journal Nature Communications, show that during the last ice age—about 18,000 to 20,000 years ...

The underbelly of massive "tabular" icebergs that dragged across the North Sea seabed between 18,000 and 20,000 years ago ...

New research shows that multiple climate tipping points are likely if global policies stay unchanged, with a 62% risk on ...

Icebergs as large as cities, potentially tens of kilometres wide, once roved the coasts of the UK, according to scientists.

Triggered by an abrupt period of warming during the late Pleistocene, which ended about 11,700 years ago, the collapse of the Cordilleran ice sheet holds important lessons for both the style and pace ...

Scientists, including from British Antarctic Survey, have used octopus DNA to discover that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) likely collapsed during the Last Interglacial period around 120,000 ...

Scientists say Earth is on the brink of crossing critical climate tipping points, from melting ice sheets to dying ...