The Great Unconformity is a major gap in the geological record where over a billion years of Earth's history seem to be ...

A mineral found throughout subducting oceanic crust can shuttle fluorine and chlorine far deeper into Earth’s interior than ...

Stromatolites might look like rocks. But they are living relics of ancient systems that thrived on Earth billions of years ...

Stromatolites—and their close relatives, microbial mats—could be mistaken for what seems like a bunch of old dark rocks. But ...

Researchers have developed a volcanic rock formula that cuts carbon emissions by 67%, potentially offering an affordable ...

When tectonic plates move, they rarely do so smoothly. Sometimes they slide almost imperceptibly; at other times, stress is ...

Fossils from China reveal complex animals existed before the Cambrian explosion, reshaping the timeline of early animal ...