Could the clock already be ticking on the habitable environment of planet Earth? New models of the Earth’s climate and the life cycles of stars place planet Earth far short of the maximum point of the ...

Much progress has been made towards understanding what caused the waxing and the waning of the great ice sheets, but a complete theory of the ice ages is still elusive. Perhaps the longest-standing ...

In past ice ages, the intensity of summer insolation affected the emergence of warm and cold periods and played an important role in triggering abrupt climate changes, a study by climate researchers, ...

Mark Maslin is a Professor at University College London, a Royal Society Industrial Fellow, Founding Director of Rezatec Ltd, Director of The London NERC Doctoral Training Partnership and a member of ...

When meteorologists are working to determine if temperatures may end up warmer or cooler than models are forecasting, one of the factors they consider is “insolation” not to be confused with ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. At the European Geosciences Union General Assembly held in Vienna, Austria earlier this year, ...