Learn what the rocks in Iceland tell researchers about climate conditions at the time of the Roman Empire's collapse.

Glaciers are some of our planet’s oldest inhabitants, but during several icy periods, they covered much more of Earth’s ...

Although the team obviously can’t tie zircon minerals to the Roman Empire’s collapse, their lengthy migration inside frozen ...

A research team now shows the extent to which glaciers at an altitude of more than 3,000 m in ... Global Warming and Mass Extinctions: What We Can Learn from Plants from the Last Ice Age Feb. 12 ...

Evidence from a prehistoric site at the shore of the Dnister river in modern-day Ukraine shows that people living during the ...

The unexpected discovery of Greenland rocks in Iceland hints that a centuries-long cold snap may have helped finish off the Western Roman Empire.

Archaeological records indicate that prehistoric people in Europe relied on fire throughout the Ice Age—but the evidence ...

Whether for cooking, heating, as a light source or for making tools—it is assumed that fire was essential for the survival of ...

In 2024, the warmest year on record in Europe according to the EU's Copernicus system, Swedish and Norwegian glaciers melted ...

Researchers in Vienna found three fireplaces from the coldest period of the Ice Age, also the most mysterious.