Geology was a discipline built to find the resources of our planet. The first real geologic map, crafted by William Smith in 1815, was part of a quest to find fuel for the Industrial Revolution. Smith ...

Every 200 million years, high-energy comets may pelt our planet as it passes through our galaxy's spiral arms. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Catastrophic events on Earth don't come at random, but are dictated by a 'pulse' of geologic activity that occurs every 27.5 million years, a new study reveals. Researchers performed an analysis of ...

Explore the modern science of geology, beyond rocks, revealing how it integrates various sciences to understand Earth and solve problems. So, first off, I apologize for the clickbait headline, but don ...

A 2023 astronaut photo shows three dark hills, or mesas, towering above part of the Sahara desert in southern Mauritania. The ...

Taal Lake is a volcanic crater lake in the Philippines with a rare geology of nested islands and water. Researchers think the crater formed after a series of eruptions between 140,000 and 5,380 B.C. — ...

Jurassic, Pleistocene, Precambrian. The named times in Earth’s history might inspire mental images of dinosaurs, trilobites, or other enigmatic animals unlike anything in our modern world. Labels like ...

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 ...

So, it's believed that the Earth's core is mainly iron and nickel. These aren't, however, the heaviest elements in the Earth's chemistry. There are plenty of heavier elements like lead, thorium, ...

Bubbling mud pits, lakes of sulphur and erupting volcanoes are just a few of the sights Earth Science students from the University of Toronto encountered while spending Reading Week conducting ...

Geoscientists at the University of Toronto and Istanbul Technical University have discovered a process in plate tectonics that shows tremendous damage occurs to areas of Earth’s crust long before it ...