Lava flows, near mile-thick glaciers and ice age floods layered and carved up this landscape.

In a fascinating find beneath the waves of the Barents Sea, researchers have discovered anunderwater mud volcano dating back ...

Nearly 10,000 years ago, Earth came out of its most recent ice age. Vast, icy swaths of land around the poles thawed, melting the glaciers that had covered them for nearly 100,000 years. Why ...

Jared Wildenradt has hiked the Ice AgeTrail nine times. Lisa Siewert is mapping the geologic highlights of the path. They ...

New geological data has given more insight into the rate and magnitude of global sea level rise following the last ice age, about 11,700 years ago. This information is of great importance to ...

The extended ice age, also called the Sturtian glaciation after the 19th century European colonial explorer of central Australia, Charles Sturt, stretched from 717 to 660 million years ago, a ...

David Mickelson, Professor Emeritus, Geology and Geophysics, UW-Madison, discusses the glaciers, volcanoes and tropical seas which created the landscapes of Wisconsin.

Rocks on the coast of Iceland couldn’t possibly tell us anything about the Roman Empire. Or could they? According to a study in Geology, a collection of rocks on Iceland’s coast reveals the severity ...

Jared Wildenradt is likely the most prolific hiker of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail ever, and he doesn't plan to stop anytime soon.. Lisa Siewert teaches geology and geography at the ...

Gray rocks uncovered in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada may be the ultimate primordial find. The stones date back 4.16 ...

A trio of researchers has found evidence of the impact of the Late Antique Little Ice Age on Iceland almost 1,500 years ago. In their paper published in the journal Geology, Christopher Spencer ...

Entering Ohio State University’s Orton Geological Museum, you are confronted with an imposing skeleton. Standing 7 feet tall on its hind legs, its outstretched arms end in long, sharp claws.