"He was searching for rocks an entire life Never to be satisfied. In the end he got a last stone That should satisfy him." Graveyards have a lot to do with geology, from the rocks used for gravestones ...

On a geological field trip to Quincy, Harvard scientist Francis Macdonald discovered a 582-million-year-old tillite, a type of sedimentary rock. The rock is on display at the Harvard Museum of Natural ...

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

Almost 20 years ago, New Scientist ran a feature called “Imagine Earth without people”, a thought experiment about what would happen to our planet over thousands of years if humanity suddenly ...

Graveyards not only provide a peaceful place to remember a loved one. They are repositories for the study of local history and art, and they provide a safe haven for insects, lichens, plants and ...