Zircon crystals have provided scientists with an invaluable tool for dating the Earth, revealing its true age to be around 4.54 billion years old.

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Scientists warn that a crack in Africa could create giant mountains in the future that could surpass the Himalayas.

A new World Bank study warns that landslides kill thousands each year but remain underreported due to fragmented and ...

When geologists study volcanic hazards or try to anticipate what a volcano may do in the future, one of their primary tools is to examine the volcano’s past behavior.

Marcia Bjornerud loves rocks. Not just under a petrographic microscope, but as animated entities with properties and personalities born from their long, eventful lives. “I’ve reached a point in my ...

Scientists may have cracked the mystery behind one of North America’s most significant river systems, understanding how a river managed to cut through a Utah mountain range that’s been around for ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Green River doesn’t make a lot of sense at first glance. The ...

New research may have solved an American mystery which has baffled geologists for a century and a half: How did a river carve a path through a mountain in one of the country's most iconic landscapes?

The finding, along with the discovery of a 500,000-year-old hammer made of bone, indicates that our human ancestors were making tools even earlier than archaeologists thought. By Franz Lidz Early ...

This piece is part of a special project on deep time examining what the Western U.S. was like thousands, millions and even billions of years ago, and how that history is still visible and ...