New analyses of ancient ice from Antarctica and the air contained inside it are extending the history of Earth's climate records and expanding researchers' understanding of how the planet has changed ...

For the first time, scientists have measured atmospheric gases from the late Pliocene, yielding data that could help to predict the future climate ...

Ice core records stretching back hundreds of thousands of years show that airborne mineral dust, not carbon dioxide alone, played a leading role in driving some of the most dramatic climate shifts in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Like the inverse of the mythical butterfly flapping its wings in China, an ice core extracted from Greenland can reveal the rise ...

Ice cores taken from glaciers reveal the air pollution of the past, using atmospheric particles incorporated in snow that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ice core segment An ice core sample from the European Alps has been the first to be dated to the last Ice Age, providing vital ...

While hydrogen itself doesn’t trap greenhouse gases, its interaction with other gases can indirectly heat the atmosphere 11 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Ancient sediment pulled from nearly a mile below the Greenland ice sheet — and later stored for roughly two decades at the University at Buffalo, whose researchers are still studying ...

A new study from Chloe Brashear, Tyler Jones and others suggests abrupt warming events were preceded by periods of unusually stable temperatures during the last ice age. The researchers point toward ...

An international team of scientists announced Thursday they’ve successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice they say is at least 1 ...

Much like the ice he helped preserve for decades, Chester “Chet” Langway’s legacy at UB endures. Faculty members here are still studying the ancient sediments that Langway’s team pulled from nearly a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. An international team of scientists ...