There is an old trick for remembering the difference between stalactites and stalagmites in a cave:

Scientists at the University of York, using an 'amino acid time capsule', have led the largest ever program to date the British Quaternary period, stretching back nearly three million years.

Cooling trend could be on the way unless thwarted by greenhouse gasses.

An international science team involving the University of Colorado at Boulder that is working on the North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling project hit bedrock July 27 after two summers of work, drilling down more than 1.5 miles in an effort to help assess the risks of abrupt future climate change on Earth.

Researchers evaluate climate fluctuations from 115,000 years ago.