Sinkites reveal inverted subsurface structures and may affect carbon storage strategies. Their formation remains under active investigation. Scientists have identified hundreds of massive sand formati ...

When high-velocity asteroids land on Earth, they can form a meteor impact crater. Such collisions have occurred throughout ...

Impact craters are formed when an object from space such as a meteoroid, asteroid or comet strikes Earth at a very high ...

Researchers found that earthquake-driven rock fractures can power deep-Earth life by splitting water into energy-rich ...

Federal scientists are launching an ambitious mapping project to hunt for what could be a mother lode of rare earth elements ...

A fascinating new study has shaken up our understanding of Earth’s oceans. It reveals that around 15 million years ago, ...

The Cave of the Crystals in Chihuahua, Mexico is not only a stunning geological wonder but also incredibly dangerous to visit ...

The U.S. once controlled the market on rare earth elements, sought after for a range of technologies. But in the last few ...

Rocks gathered along the Colorado River contained evidence of a bustling community of animals in an ancient sea.

Researchers from Prof. Quan-You Liu's team at Peking University decoded the complex accumulation mechanisms of China’s ...

The home of Jurupa Valley’s iconic woolly mammoth Eddy has joined the Jurupa Area Recreation and Park District. The Jurupa ...

It housed specimens from a century of palaeontological and geological discoveries by explorers from the university, including artefacts from a prehistoric Swiss village discovered in 1878 ...