To make matters worse, NASA scientists also discovered that, this year, summer ice in the Antarctic retreated to 764,000 square miles (1.98 million square kilometers) as of March 1, tying for "the ...

R. Martin book, creating a literal song of fire and ice. As scientists continue monitoring these geological processes, each discovery reinforces how Earth's systems are intricately connected.

Regular changes in Earth's orbit and axial tilt may have triggered the start and end of ice ages over the past 800,000 years. | Credit: Gregory Adams/Getty Images Changes in Earth's tilt relative ...

However, the effects of human-made climate change will be so long-lasting that they could prevent the next ice age from ever happening. "Such a transition to a glacial state in 10,000 years' time ...

1976, Berger & Loutre 1991). Because the major changes in Earth's ice masses occurred in the Northern Hemisphere where much of the Earth's land surface presently resides, it is hypothesized that ...

Iceland, often dubbed the “Land of Fire and Ice,” is a country of stark contrasts ... it one of the most volcanically active ...

Earth has long alternated between ice ages and warmer interglacial periods The Earth's next ice age is expected to begin in about 11,000 years -- unless human-caused global warming disrupts ...

Ice and Fire: Tracking Canada’s Climate Crisis ... is more than just good science — it’s critical to our future on Earth. As a northern nation, Canada is warming at twice the global average ...

Innes et al, Ice core evidence for the Los Chocoyos supereruption disputes millennial-scale climate impact, Communications Earth & Environment (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-02095-6 ...