This doesn’t mean Mars causes ice ages on its own. Orbital cycles are only part of the picture. Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, ...

Carbon released from Earth's spreading tectonic plates, not volcanoes, may have triggered major transitions between ancient ...

“The closer it is to the sun, the more a planet becomes dominated by the sun’s gravity,” Kane said. “Because Mars is farther ...

Researchers uncover how Mars affects Earth’s orbit, offering new insight into the planetary forces behind ice ages.

Small but mighty, the red planet — our celestial neighbor — has made Earth’s climate what it is today. Mars’ gravitational ...

The earth (and humanity) would be very different without our smaller red neighbor. In A Nutshell Computer simulations show ...

The findings potentially solve the paradox of how liquid water seems to have persisted on Mars even when the climate grew too ...

Over the last 100,000 years, 64 percent of large animal species have gone extinct. The loss of large animals like mammoths, mastodons and giant ground sloths has been somewhat evenly spread over all ...

Researchers find that shifts in Earth’s orbit can trigger abrupt climate changes, even in warm periods without ice sheets.

The work marks the first time an Ice Age animal’s complete genome has been recovered from tissue preserved inside another ...

The number of wildland fires burning in the Arctic is on the rise, according to NASA researchers. Moreover, these blazes are ...

Atlanta’s Fernbank is preparing its first exhibit of the year, which will take guests back to a time when massive glaciers ...