At least 10 people have been killed and 17 others remain missing after a disaster inside an under-construction tunnel linked to a hydroelectric project in India’s northeastern state of Sikkim, near ...

An interdisciplinary team from Florida State University's Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science has uncovered ...

The spread of the ocean floor, as tectonic plates spread apart, is known but hard to observe. Scientists have now documented ...

How much sunlight reaches the ground beneath a forest, beside a highway, or on a snowy mountain slope? In Switzerland, scientists now have an unusually detailed answer. A new national map shows light ...

Depiction of Earth’s geology. Image via Wiki Commons. The Earth’s crust is constantly rewritten by volcanoes, erosion, and plate tectonics. New crust is being created while old one is being destroyed ...

The School of Geosciences has been a global leader in geosciences research and education since it was founded in 1900. Our outstanding faculty instruct and mentor graduate students in a diverse range ...

April 17 (Reuters) - The Grand Canyon is a marvel on the landscape of North America, a breathtaking geological feature in the southwestern U.S. state of Arizona presenting dramatic contours and richly ...

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 ...

This article is part of a package in collaboration with Forbes on time capsules, preserving information and communicating with the future. Read more from the report. Stuff is old where I live, in ...

Geology has long been a field rooted in exploration and discovery. Traditionally, geologists spent long hours outdoors, mapping landscapes by hand and studying rock formations up close. These hands-on ...