A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been seen by human eyes, revealing a vibrant, thriving ecosystem ...

Bridge Between North and South America Was Guarded by Daunting Beasts 10,000 Years Ago, Archaeologists Find Evidence More ...

New geological evidence is providing a clearer picture of how global sea levels surged after the last ice age, around 11,700 ...

Samples drilled from deep beneath the sea have revealed just how much global sea levels changed following the last ice age. Melting ice caps in North America, Antarctica and Europe caused sea ...

Alley co-authored a 2015 paper that concluded that -- based on the Ice Age's events -- changes in ocean temperatures could drive future sea level rise even before the air grows significantly ...

In Ice Bridge we wanted to bring this ancient Ice Age world alive by digitally recreating some of the incredible animals that roamed North America during the time. First, we had to decide which ...

Not cute and endearing like present-day sloths in South America, these sloths were one of the strangest animals of the ice age. They weighed ... over the Bering Sea land bridge and were certainly ...

This heralded a 20-million-year ice age during which ... group-living animals that built coral-like structures. Ordovician reefs were also home to large sea lilies, relatives of sea stars.

Around 14,500 years ago, toward the end of the last ice age, melting continental ice sheets drove a sudden and cataclysmic sea level rise of up to 65 feet in just 500 years or less. Despite the ...

This research helps us better understand sea level rise after the last ice age. Thanks to unique North Sea data, we can better comprehend the interaction between ice sheets, climate, and sea level, ...