"It could represent some of the oldest and most pristine water ever observed, formed in another planetary system and ...

The ice cores could offer clues about a period known as the Mid-Pleistocene Transition that has long puzzled scientists ...

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Scientists had assumed that the ice in space was purely amorphous, but new experiments show it can have a partly crystalline structure similar to ice on Earth.

Scientists say Earth's rotation is being affected by climate change, especially through melting ice and shifting groundwater. Combined with natural forces like lunar gravity, the planet’s days ...

Like Coyote catching the Road Runner, or Sylvester eating Tweety, Scrat finally got his due, and the animation gods granted him his wish of eating the acorn in one of the most bittersweet animated ...

When the animated comedy "Ice Age" debuted in 2002, audiences worldwide fell in love with Scrat, the saber-toothed squirrel whose obsessive quest for an acorn leads to prehistoric calamities.

Antarctic research reveals how rare earth elements move underground through freeze-thaw cycles in desert environments.

A unique ice core is currently being examined in the Alfred Wegener Institute's ice laboratory: the oldest continuous ice core that has ever been drilled on Earth. As part of the EU-funded ...

When “Ice Age” hit theaters in 2002, it captivated audiences with its lovable prehistoric characters and their adventures. Manny the woolly mammoth, Sid the sloth, Diego the saber-toothed tiger, and ...

Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest? New research suggests they are.