Ice ages are among the most dramatic climate events in Earth’s history. They occur when long-term shifts in climate allow massive glaciers to expand across continents. These changes are influenced by ...

It’s a bit like reading a very dense book – it’s small in size, but it’s full of information.” Paleoclimatologists like ...

Recent warm weather has made ice conditions unpredictable, increasing the risk of vehicles or individuals falling through thin patches on lakes and rivers. The DNR does not monitor ice thickness; ...

A flood watch is in place for several western Pennsylvania counties until Friday afternoon as rain and higher temperatures could lead to ice jam flooding. The watch covers Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, ...

Emergency crews and weather experts are keeping an eye on ice jams on the Allegheny River in Emlenton, Venango County, to determine what might be heading toward Freeport, Harrison and points farther ...

Researchers have identified a "tipping point" about 2.7 million years ago when global climate conditions switched from being relatively warm and stable to cold and chaotic, as continental ice sheets ...

THERE IS A RISK OF FLOODING. THE TEMPERATURES ARE GETTING WARMER, THE SNOW IS MELTING, BUT THAT’S CAUSING ANOTHER CONCERN. ICE JAMS. YOU CAN SEE THE ICE IS PILING UP HERE IN LAWRENCE COUNTY. ICE JAMS ...

EASTLAKE, Ohio -- Ice conditions on the Chagrin River caused overnight flooding in parts of Eastlake, briefly closing roads and prompting a precautionary emergency alert, officials said Wednesday. The ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with the 54-year-old curler, Rich Ruohonen, the oldest American Winter Olympian to ever compete ...

Tre' Johnson, the one-time Pro Bowl offensive lineman who played 93 games in the NFL for Washington and the Cleveland Browns, died at the age of 54. "If you know Tre' you know what a devoted and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A piece of sewn animal hide found in an Eastern Oregon cave may be one of the oldest known pieces of sewn clothing, dating back to the late Ice Age, archaeologists say. In a ...

A new study shows that during the last two deglaciations, i.e., the transition from an ice age to the warm interglacial periods, meltwater from the Antarctic ice sheet intensified stratification in ...