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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Showing that large, round rocks — or cobbles — on the coast of Iceland came all the way from the coast of Greenland in the 600s C.E., the study demonstrates that the Late Antique Little Ice Age had ...

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.

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 ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KVAL) — During the last ice age, massive icebergs periodically broke off from an ice sheet covering a large swath of North America and discharged rapidly melting ice into the ...

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 ...