Geology often gets a bad rap as the boring study of rocks and minerals. I’m hear to show you otherwise. Geology is a high-octane window into Earth’s vibrant, often violent history. Every rock tells a ...

Atmos reports on the significance of understanding rocks to address climate issues.

A trove of ancient rocks collected from glacial moraines has literally revealed the deep story of one of the most underexplored environments on the planet—the rocks and mountain belts hidden beneath ...

THIS is a good introduction to geology, lucidly written and thoroughly up-to-date. The illustrations are simple, and are line-sketches only, but they convey their meaning. The authors rightly presume ...

Researchers have discovered the world's oldest known arc-slicing fault in Australia, intensifying the debate over the origins of plate tectonics. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

ATHENS, Ohio — Like pieces in a giant jigsaw puzzle, continents have split, drifted and merged again many times throughout Earth’s history, but geologists haven’t understood the mechanism behind the ...

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — A new study is revealing more about the rock known as Castle Rock. According to a study from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, the rock formation's unique prominence and ...

The latest sign that plastic pollution is a gigantic global problem: rocks fused with melted plastic have been found on a remote Brazilian island, best known as a nesting site for green turtles.

USGS contractor to conduct low-level flights to map variations in the Earth's magnetic field, in a study of the geology of NC, VA, SC, and WV The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will be conducting ...

The geological processes that create rocks usually take place over thousands if not millions of years. With the help of a coin and a soda can tab, researchers have identified rocks in England that ...