Rocks from Greenland found on Iceland's west coast could link the late Roman Empire's fall to a spell of sudden climate ...

Around 10,000 years ago, as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading ...

Stone Age humans mastered fire technology during Earth's harshest climate period 23,000 years ago, creating hearths that ...

Whether for cooking, heating, as a light source or for making tools—it is assumed that fire was essential for the survival of ...

Archaeological records indicate that prehistoric people in Europe relied on fire throughout the Ice Age—but the evidence ...

A trio of researchers has found evidence of the impact of the Late Antique Little Ice Age on Iceland almost 1,500 years ago.

Unusual rocks on an Icelandic beach were dropped there by icebergs, adding to evidence that an unusually cool period preceded ...

However, it is puzzling that hardly any well-preserved evidence of fireplaces from the coldest period of the Ice Age in Europe has been found so far. A group of scientists has now been able to ...

Yet a lack of evidence from the coldest part of the ice age has prevented scientists from saying how. “We know that fire was widespread before and after this period, but there is little evidence ...

But just how severe was this Late Antique Little Ice Age? Pretty severe, the new Geology study finds ... the study authors traced the zircons’ origins to Greenland and to time periods between 0.5 ...