Fragments of a Homo erectus skull were among deposits of vertebrate fossils found when the Indonesian seafloor was being dredged for a construction project; This is the first time ...

At that time, glacial ice reached as far south as Staten Island, meaning the clearest evidence of glacial melting can be found in New York City's backyard. "You'll see a lot of smoothing and some ...

The glacier already contributes 4% of sea level ... “If both glaciers are retreating at the same time, that’s further evidence that they’re actually being forced by something,” Wellner ...

A new study led by University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh geologist Timothy Paulsen and University of Colorado Boulder ...

London — Switzerland's alpine glaciers have lost 10% of their volume over the last two years alone, the Swiss Academy of Sciences reported Thursday, calling the sudden reduction clear evidence ...

More unsettling news from the bottom of the world. Scientists have uncovered evidence of "vigorous melting" at Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, (aka the "Doomsday Glacier") according to a new ...

After the last glacial maximum, that ice started to melt, and by 13,000 years ago, an ice-free pathway opened through modern-day Canada that scientists know the Clovis people to have traveled. However ...

evidence of the water that had accumulated here for months before emptying suddenly. The basin drains like this every year. The glacier, which blocks its mouth, acts as a dam. Throughout the ...