Squeezing and heating a rock can show us how the minerals affect global processes such as earthquakes or mountain building. Minerals in this experiment are being heated in a radiant furnace to over ...

Taiwan experiences some of the world's fastest rates of mountain building -- they are growing at a faster rate than our fingernails grow in a year. The mountains also see frequent and significant ...

The geology of Venus presents a complex interplay between extensive volcanic activity, mantle dynamics and tectonic deformation. Recent studies have revealed that, in the absence of Earth‐like plate ...

Explore the modern science of geology, beyond rocks, revealing how it integrates various sciences to understand Earth and solve problems. So, first off, I apologize for the clickbait headline, but don ...

NASA’s Cassini space probe has revealed the surprisingly dynamic landscape of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. The chart reveals its features an Earth-like landscape, including mountains, lakes, valleys ...

Boulder, Colo., USA: Marine and coastal geoscience play a critical role in understanding ancient and modern geological history, offshore and coastal hazards, and climate change. Deep-water ...

There are 35 large Archean cratons around the world that form the geologic core of tectonic plates. Because they’re located at the interior of plates, these landmasses often remain unaltered over the ...

TORONTO, ON - Geoscientists at the University of Toronto (U of T) and Istanbul Technical University have discovered a new process in plate tectonics which shows that tremendous damage occurs to areas ...

When researchers in 1996 reported they had found organic molecules nestled in an ancient Martian meteorite discovered in Antarctica, it caused quite a buzz. Some insisted the compounds were ...

Over a period of three months to three years, compounds like calcium, uric acid and bits of organic matter coalesce into the crystallized structure we know as the kidney stone. This formation process, ...

Researchers probe deep secrets of trapped inclusions in garnet sand from Papua New Guinea. On a beach on a remote island in eastern Papua New Guinea, a country located in the southwestern Pacific to ...