A research team has collected what may be among the oldest ice samples on Earth. The team, with members from 12 European scientific institutions, drilled and retrieved a 9,186-foot-long (2,800 ...

Rocks on Iceland beaches confirm the Late Antique Little Ice Age, caused by volcanic eruptions, precipitated the fall of the Roman Empire.

Australian scientists have started analysing the first batch of samples from the "Million Year Ice Core" project.

An international team of scientists recently recovered a 1.7-mile-long ice core with ice samples dating back 1.2 million years (and possibly) later—400,000 years older than previous samples ...

The 2,800-meter ice core samples will be transported to Europe using specialized cold containers to maintain each core segment’s temperature. Once the core pieces reach their destinations, scientists ...

Melting ice is slowing Earth's spin and causing changes to its axis, new studies find. The shifts are causing feedback beneath the surface, impacting the planet's molten core.

A research team has collected what may be among the oldest ice samples on Earth. The team, with members from 12 European scientific institutions, drilled and retrieved a 9,186-foot-long (2,800 ...