A 2010 astronaut photo shows off the astonishing scale of the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe, which stretches over 340 miles (550 ...

What’s geologic hydrogen? What to know about the clean energy source buried under Michigan. Research shows the state may be a ...

Shrinking lakes in Tibet likely woke up long-dormant tectonic faults, a new study finds. The findings strengthen the link ...

The rocks used in the Olympic sport of curling come from one island in Scotland and one quarry in Wales. What makes them so ...

Earth froze over 717 million years ago. Ice crept down from the poles to the equator, and the dark subglacial seas suffocated ...

A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells ...

Scientists may be one step closer in their hunt for signs of past life on Mars after the Curiosity rover's latest find.

Ancient fossils are revealing unexpected chemical survivors, challenging long-held assumptions about how biological carbon is preserved over Earth’s history.

The Department of Earth and Climate Sciences added two new classes to their department this year. Professor Noel Heim began teaching Geology of National Parks in the fall of 2025 and Professor and ECS ...

Tiny zircon crystals are revealing that Earth’s earliest history may have included surprisingly complex tectonic activity.

NASA’s Artemis II could be the first time human eyes set sight on the farside of the moon — and there are things human eyes can see that cameras can’t.

A study using EBSD and TEM imaging found that “b” dislocations in olivine occur in roughly 17% of analyzed crystals. These ...