Scientists say small changes in the way the Earth orbits the sun hold the key in major global changes in climate, like ice ...

During the last ice age, massive continental ice sheets up ... moisture transport on the fresh water balance of the Atlantic drainage basin: General circulation model simulations and observations.

The Little Ice Age did bring a few cold flashes to the Transylvania region. Some writings from 1510 record a winter so harsh that hay for livestock dried up and led to a string of thefts ...

Kerem Yucel/AFP/Getty Images Earth's last ice age ended around 11,700 years ago and a new study predicts the next one should be 10,000 years away. But the researchers say record rates of fossil ...