Researchers used zircons and AI to reconstruct Earth's ancient crust, revealing possible tectonic processes from the planet's ...

In a groundbreaking study published in Communications Earth & Environment, researchers from the University of Manchester have ...

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

North Sea's giant sand mounds that perplexed scientists up until now have been found to be younger, denser sands that sank into older, lighter "ooze." ...

Colossal volcanic eruptions like the kind that may have obliterated the dinosaurs more than 65 million years ago are caused ...

Normally, younger rocks are deposited above older ones, forming predictable geologic layers. In the North Sea, this process ...

The latest issue of the University of Wyoming’s only peer-reviewed scientific journal, Rocky Mountain Geology, features an ...

New research has dramatically reshaped our understanding of Earth’s early geological history, overturning traditional beliefs ...

Geologists Accidentally Found a Ghost Plume Rising From Earth’s Mantle This first-ever discovery could rewrite Earth’s geologic history.

The availability of rare earth elements renders the island an important destination for exploration by researchers. The discovery is a part of a regular geological survey of the area.

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...