Normally, younger rocks are deposited above older ones, forming predictable geologic layers. In the North Sea, this process ...

The crater in Western Australia was identified as the oldest in the world earlier this year, but new research suggests the ...

Scientists created a simulation showing that early Earth still retained chemical traces of its igneous youth, 4.5 billion years ago.

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

A thin layer found in the top few centimeters of soil plays a big role in its ecology. Biocrust is built, maintained and ...

Is Earth's inner core solid or liquid? While the inner core is extremely hot, experts have known that it is solid for many ...

The research on black carbon needs to be updated as more becomes known about the aerosol, and that makes tracking wildfire ...

Welcome to Red Rock Canyon State Park. Tucked away in Cantil, California, where the Mojave Desert meets the southernmost tip ...

There was a circle in Maria Burns' yard where grass wouldn't grow and trees died. She knew what it was: An old natural gas ...