The planet’s long-standing natural “thermostat” is being outpaced by an feedback loop process involving algae, phosphorus, ...

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 ...

Climate change could push the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation or AMOC the brink of collapse within decades, ...

A pattern of encroaching and retreating ice sheets during and between ice ages has been shown to match certain orbital parameters of Earth around the sun, leading to researchers being able to predict ...

Solar System's Run-In With 'Space Cloud' May Have Triggered a Series of Ice Ages 2 Million Years Ago, Says Scientists Around two million years ago, Earth underwent a series of temperature fluctuations ...

Climate change may seem a uniquely 21st-century concern, but people have been wrestling with the idea for a long time.

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Instead, it's possible that the organic carbon thermostat will make up for the delay expected for the next ice age. Climate change is disturbing Earth's natural cycles, and previous research suggests ...

The AMOC is vital for residents of northwestern Europe and the northeastern US who rely on the warmer water to keep winters ...