In a groundbreaking scientific achievement, researchers have successfully drilled the deepest-ever core sample from Earth's ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than previously thought — and may be a big reason that our planet harbors life.

This presentation will be led by Shelly Morris, the Director of Freshwater Conservation for the Kentucky Nature Conservancy, ...

Earth’s solid outer layer, which includes the crust and the uppermost mantle, is called the lithosphere ... to be the “unifying theory of geology.” "Before plate tectonics, people had ...

Scientists have calculated the Earth to be 4.54 billion years old, with an uncertainty of 50 million years on either side.

In case you can’t get enough of the little pygmy hippo Moo Deng from Thailand, there’s now an official song featuring the ...

Hattori's research on a broad range of geoscience topics includes volcanology, sedimentary geochemistry, and mantle petrology ...

Chinese scientists have found abiotic organic compounds in the ocean crust, shedding light on deep-sea carbon cycles and life ...

Through tectonic movements, Earth’s plates pull carbon from the atmosphere into the mantle, stabilizing the climate ... Such ...

Geology is broadly the study of the Earth and other planets, moons, and smaller planetary bodies. Fields of geology range from the initial formation and differentiation of the Earth to modern ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — Using a sophisticated new modeling approach, researchers have estimated carbon dioxide emissions from inland waters to 22 million U.S. lakes, rivers ... Laser Measurements to ...