Ice Age

Discoveries Oldest RNA ever discovered offers a rare look into the lives of woolly mammoths

Researchers recover 40,000-year-old mammoth RNA, revealing gene activity and new insights into life during the last Ice Age.

Discoveries Hippos in the Ice Age: Ancient DNA rewrite Europe’s wildlife story Joseph Shavit

Green Impact North American ice sheets drove most of the sea-level rise after the last ice age Rebecca Shavit

Discoveries 12,000 year-old rock art proves humans thrived in Arabia’s deserts earlier than believed Joseph Shavit

Green Impact New study reveals how mammals evolved to survive the ice age

Green Impact Melting ice age glaciers triggered surprising changes deep within Earth

Green Impact Researchers solve the mystery of what caused the last ice age

Green Impact Scientists discover the cause of Earth’s longest ice age 700 million years ago

Space New research links ice ages to shifts in the Earth’s orbit

Green Impact Ice age plants reveal clues about climate change and mass extinctions

Green Impact Past ice ages helping to predict future extreme weather patterns

Green Impact One-million-year-old discovery links ice sheets and global climate

Discoveries Early Homo Sapiens lived together with Neanderthals 45,000 years ago

Discoveries Did climate change trigger pandemics in the past?

Global Good Do ancient pathogens emerging from melting ice pose a risk to humanity?

Discoveries Winter is coming: Researchers uncover the surprising cause of the little ice age

Discoveries Humans did not cause woolly mammoths to go extinct—climate change did: study