Earth’s climate has never been static. It shifts between warm interglacial periods and deep freezes, driven by complex interactions between the atmosphere, oceans, and even Earth’s orbit around the Sun.

Scientists have predicted future glacial periods by matching Earth's past ice ages to its orbit around the sun. But their new model doesn’t account for how human-made carbon emissions could change these processes.

Earth's history is a roller-coaster of climate fluctuations, of relative warmth giving way to frozen periods of glaciation before rising up again to the more temperate climes we experience today.

Earth emerged from the last ice age around 11,700 years ago. A new analysis suggests the next one could be expected in 10,000 years’ time.

Find out what scientists say about the Next Ice Age and the natural rhythms shaping our planet's climate over millennia.

Scientists have determined exactly how Earth's orbit and tilt affect glaciation and deglaciation, based on the length of these parameters' cycles and clues hidden at the bottom of the ocean.

For millions of years, Earth's climate has been driven by natural cycles linked to its orbit, shifting between ice ages and warm interglacial periods. A new study has uncovered a clear, predictable pattern in these shifts,

Scientists say small changes in the way the Earth orbits the sun hold the key in major global changes in climate, like ice ages.

It has been assumed that changes in the Earth's orbit around the sun are responsible for the ice age cycles. It is now clear how this works.

Research links Earth's axial tilt to past ice ages, showing human-driven warming may prevent future glaciations.

A researcher with UW collaborated on the project to come up with the most precise predictive Ice Age model to date.

Earth's last ice age ended around 11,700 years ago and a new study predicts the next one should be 10,000 years away. But the researchers say record rates of fossil fuel burning that are increasing global temperatures will likely delay this due date.