Generally speaking, it’s easy enough to make sense of the last few million years of climate patterns—the world looked much as it does today, so changes in greenhouse gas concentrations or ocean ...

With tectonic plates bumping and grinding against each other, Earth is a pretty active planet. But when did this activity begin? A new study from Yale University claims to have found evidence that ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The evolution of geology as an independent science can be envisaged as a relatively continuous process yet marked by three fundamental steps.

It's the first time Earth's geologic record — information found inside rocks — has been used to create an animation of this kind. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Researchers probe deep secrets of trapped inclusions in garnet sand from Papua New Guinea. On a beach on a remote island in eastern Papua New Guinea, a country located in the southwestern Pacific to ...

A practicing geologist can benefit from the history of geology professionally in two main ways: by learning about past mistakes so as not to repeat them and by finding out about different ways to ...

THE GEOLOGY OF the Olympic Peninsula offers a fascinating glimpse into the massive forces of nature that shaped this land into one of the most complicated rock piles in the world. It began under the ...

For the first time in history, scientists have observed the rupture of a tectonic plate in a subduction zone in real time.