A looming ice age? Scientists find a striking pattern in Earth's history.
Scientists say small changes in the way the Earth orbits the sun hold the key in major global changes in climate, like ice ...
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Next ice age would hit Earth in 11,000 years if it weren't for climate change, scientists say
Scientists have determined exactly how Earth's orbit and tilt affect glaciation and deglaciation, based on the length of ...
Scientists match Earth's ice age cycles with orbital shifts
Beginning around 2.5 million years ago, Earth entered an era marked by successive ice ages and interglacial periods, emerging ...
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Next Ice Age To Happen in 11,000 Years, Scientists Say
The research, published Thursday, February 27, in the journal Science, found a strong connection between Earth’s axial tilt ...
The Next Ice Age Is 10,000 Years Away, Or Is It?
For millions of years, Earth's climate has been driven by natural cycles linked to its orbit, shifting between ice ages and ...
Loss of forests brought new birds to NZ during the last Ice Age – we’re witnessing a similar process now
However, a changing distribution of plants is not a uniquely modern feature. New Zealand has seen equally radical shifts in ...
Under Bass Strait's surface lies a vast land humans once called home
The mountain peaks of a landscape now under water is all that remains visible of a once grassy plain that connected Tasmania ...
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Study Reveals How Earth's Orbit Triggers Ice Ages, And There's One in The Next 11,000 Years
Earth's history is a roller-coaster of climate fluctuations, of relative warmth giving way to frozen periods of glaciation ...
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Loss of forests brought new birds to NZ during the last Ice Age – we’re witnessing a similar process now
New Zealand has seen equally radical shifts in habitat before – during the Ice Age, which lasted 2.6 million years and ended about 12,000 years ago. At its height, parts of the country were up ...
Study reveals how Earth's orbit controls ice ages
The Earth's next ice age is expected to begin in about 11,000 years -- unless human-caused global warming disrupts natural ...