Where does life lurk under the ice of Antarctica? The answers keep surprising us. In January, for example, researchers found ...

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics.

The Earth Mapping Resources Initiative, or Earth MRI, is a federal program developed by the U.S. Geological Survey that aims to identify and map the country’s underground deposits of critical minerals ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...