The North American continent is "dripping" rock into the lower layers of the Earth, new research says, and in the process ...

A faculty dedicated to dinosaur studies has been established this academic year in central Japan's Fukui Prefecture -- widely ...

This hidden geological layer, located between 254 and 410 miles (410 and 660 kilometers) beneath the Earth’s surface, covers ...

New research reveals that post-ice age sea levels rose over a meter per century during key periods and totaled about 38 ...

The Hadean protocrust formation and early plate tectonics challenged by new study, questioning geological assumptions.

The colorful swirls and stripes that characterize China's Rainbow Mountains would have remained hidden without the epic ...

With the new book 'Geology of the Netherlands', TNO, together with other organisations and experts, brings together all ...

If you are planning on driving in Yellowstone National Park when most of its roads open in April, you could drive by one of the latest thermal steam vents in the famed hotspot. The new hydrothermal ...

Coarse layers are a testimony to tropical storms Some 7,200 years ago, the former limestone island of what is now Lighthouse Reef was inundated by the sea. The layered sediments at the bottom of ...

Scientists have uncovered details of the protective layer that surrounds the fine protrusions of cells. Biological cells often possess thin, hair-like protrusions on their surface known as cilia ...

A thin grey layer of silica mud covers the vent area ... The scientists reported it to the park’s geology staff to confirm if it was a new feature. A research team made their way through the marsh ...

The fossilized marine organisms that crown Everest have been along for one of the most visibly dramatic geologic rides of ... Asia while its upper sedimentary layers wrinkled and folded on top ...