The Little Ice Age, which lasted around 500 years, had a profound impact on the environment and the people who lived around Lake Ontario.

The 14th century wasn’t a great time for sunbathing in Europe. Right from the start it seemed as though a distinct chill had settled over the land. The Baltic Sea froze over twice in 1303 and again ...

Around 18,000 years ago, prehistoric humans practiced cannibalism in a Polish cave. This group of people arrived at Maszycka ...

Projections of our future under climate change paint a picture of extreme weather and acidified oceans, a world many of today ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

The Little Ice Age (LIA) was a period of cooling that occurred from approximately the 14th to the mid-19th century, during ...

For the study, published in Scientific Reports, scientists analysed remains from Maszycka Cave near Krakow, studying 10 ...

Researchers are using diary entries, travel notes, religious registers, and other primary historical records to better ...

To be fair, you certainly get bang for your buck, though I did opt for some extras (at a cost), such as an ice bath (£125), Thai massage (£140) and brain-boosting transcranial electrical stimulation ...

Discovered over a century ago, the late Upper Paleolithic archeological site included stone and bone tools, evidence of ...

Flooding, famine, plagues. Historical documents from diaries to parish registers detail the dramatic impacts of the Little ...

For centuries, people have kept diaries documenting the ups and downs of local weather. Now, scientists have combed through a ...