If Earth's history were a calendar year, humans would not appear until the last few minutes before midnight on Dec. 31.

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By 3.6 billion years ago, Mars should have become too cold for liquid water, but something kept the rivers flowing.

Florida State University Assistant Professor of Geology, Emily Stewart, has conducted new research that questions the ...

Ocean explorers spotted what looked like a "yellow brick road" to Atlantis in the Pacific Ocean in 2022. Here's what we know ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

Cratons are fascinating yet enigmatic geological formations. Known to be relatively stable portions of the Earth's ...

Using advanced computational models, researchers explain how the North China Craton, an ancient and stable geological structure, is falling apart ...

understanding the life cycle of cratons is important from both an academic and a practical standpoint. Here's hoping that further research will deepen our understanding of geological processes ...

Geologists from the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory are often asked to estimate how likely future eruptions are at ...

Chinese scientists have found abiotic organic compounds in the ocean crust, shedding light on deep-sea carbon cycles and life ...