Triggered by an abrupt period of warming during the late Pleistocene, which ended about 11,700 years ago, the collapse of the Cordilleran ice sheet holds important lessons for both the style and pace ...

The findings suggest these landforms were formed during a period of global cooling known as the Mid-Pleistocene Transition. During this era, ice sheets grew larger and more dynamic, responding to ...

During the Mid-Pleistocene Transition (MPT), the Earth ... This discovery could hopefully lead to insights on how ice sheets respond to climate change, as well as information about this mysterious ...

After the great ice sheets age of the Pleistocene Epoch began to retreat about 11,700 years ago, humans who had gradually migrated to at least four continents — Africa, Eurasia, and North and ...

The last glacial maximum, which lasted from 26,500 to 19,000 years ago, was the most severe phase of the Late Pleistocene ice age. During this period, massive ice sheets and polar ice caps covered ...

"The Tibetan Plateau was previously thought to be uninhabitable during the last glacial maximum," said Li. Evidence found in the region shows that humans lived on the Tibetan Plateau before and after ...

Past ice sheets have retreated rapidly, raising global sea level at rates >1 cm per year, with marine ice sheets collapsing and terrestrial ice sheets retreating in a more gradual fashion.

The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium in Highland Park is welcoming some new — well, actually really, really old — animals. More than 50 animated life-like prehistoric figures from 31 species come to life in ...

Some of the largest floods in earth history drained through the Columbia River during Pleistocene glacial periods (Baker ... and occurred when the Cordilleran Ice Sheet (CIS) was near its maximum ...