The ice sample, retrieved in Antarctica, is the oldest on record—but this discovery may just be tip...
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Rock layers deposited before and after the major dinosaur extinction event 65 million years ago are surprisingly...
A miniature quake-in-a-lab enabled scientists to quantify an earthquake’s energy dynamics for the first time.
We’re starting to stash our planet-warming carbon emissions beneath the seafloor, but we might have to take...
Studying this ancient space rock will help scientists prepare for larger, more dangerous asteroid impacts.
New research suggests Earth’s lithosphere is dripping rocks like lava lamps.
Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth’s earliest geological history, but they’re incredibly...
From Parisian bridges to Rome’s Trevi Fountain, tourists love leaving behind mementos—but in Northern Ireland, they’re eroding...
A seemingly out-of-place boulder in Tonga hints at a massive tsunami that hit the region 7,000 years...
Researchers warn that current land management models don’t account for accelerated, human-driven rock formation processes.
