A new study sheds light on how prehistoric hunter-gatherer populations in Europe coped with climate changes over 12,000 years ago. Led by scientists from the University of Cologne, a team of 25 ...

At times during the past half-billion years, carbon dioxide warmed our planet more than previously thought, according to a new reconstruction of Earth’s deep past.

Tropical cyclones (TCs) rank among the most destructive weather phenomena, often bringing intense winds, heavy rainfall, and ...

The eyed needle — a sewing tool that first appeared around 40,000 years ago — might be hiding important clues about the beginnings of fashion, a new study finds.

"Climate change is a naturally occurring phenomenon that can be tracked throughout prehistoric eras," the caption on the Jan. 17 Instagram post says.

A shortcoming of climate models is revealed by going back in time and comparing actual lake levels to what the models state they should have been. When scientists examined the outputs of various ...

The possible age of the recently revealed Upper Paleolithic finds places them in a time when the local conditions would have looked quite different than how they do now. "The cold climate and ...

But not your typical garden-variety dirt. Within the chemical makeup of this stuff is crucial information about the region’s prehistoric climate—information that could help researchers and ...

Climate projection models, for instance, are the tools behind the 1.5° C global warming threshold adopted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.