When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a landscape with incredible geology. She hears a lot of the same suggestions: ...

This week, researchers reported on nine rivers and lakes in the Americas that defy hydrologic expectations. Geologists report ...

A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. There was a brief tsunami warning, but it ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

The research revealed that Earth’s first crust, formed about 4.5 billion years ago, likely had chemical features similar to those of today’s continental crust. The finding challenged widely held ...

The colorful swirls and stripes that characterize China's Rainbow Mountains would have remained hidden without the epic ...

Researchers have discovered cratonic thinning occurring beneath North America, driven by the remnants of the Farallon Plate.

The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics ...

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs about how our continents ...

A Japanese government report warned that there is an 80% chance of an 8 to 9 magnitude earthquake occurring along a tremulous ...

Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock — and that the remnants of a tectonic ...