With our ideas of volcanoes we always associate the grand and the terrible ; and a volcanic eruption—a huge piece of artillery, with a mouth perhaps miles in circumference, shooting up rocks and ...

The Guinness World Record for the oldest Earth rock is currently held by the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt, which is listed as ...

In a new paper, Jordan Jensen and Alexis Ault introduce a new forensic tool designed to enhance our understanding of how ...

Set in a 738 acre Denver Mountain Park, Red Rocks Amphitheatre is no ordinary stage — it’s also a geological wonder. Discover why it's a favorite among music legends and fans alike ...

Geologists have long struggled to understand massive time gaps in Earth’s rock record, where millions—sometimes billions—of ...

The expert teams will use the techniques to gently remove dirt and debris from the sandstone rocks and concrete surfaces. “Using gentle steam cleaning methods, they will access hard-to-reach ...

That's because rocks are made of different minerals and rocks get their names (mostly) from what minerals they contain. Now, much of the time, once you've been trained to identify minerals, you can ...

The discipline of geology offers a fantastic variety of vocational pathways, as well as high employability. Students of geology acquire critical, analytical and practical skills. Geological careers ...

For most organisms on Earth, rocks are objects, not food. But for one oddball microbe, desert limestone seems to have been on the menu. Whether or not this mysterious form of life still exists or ...