Walking the National Mall and its environs in Washington, D.C., with its crowds of visitors dwarfed by the massive buildings that line every street, it is easy to forget the many offices and employees ...

There's a billion-year gap in Earth's geological history. A new study seeks to explain the mystery.

Geoscience Australia's popular Public Talks series are back for 2026, promising a year of in-depth conversations exploring the latest developments in Earth science.

Earth spins, shifts, and now… flips? Our planet’s gymnastics routine continues underneath our feet nearly every day, but researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences in Germany recently mapped ...

A layer of rock just 520 million years old sat directly on top of ancient rock dating back 1.4 to 1.8 billion years.

The Department of Geology is about much more than rocks and minerals. Its faculty and students perform cutting-edge research on everything from how glaciers react to climate change to how molten lava ...

I had no intention of going into science. In my early teens, I wanted to be a jockey and was firmly convinced I would never weigh more than 100 pounds. I quickly exceeded that weight cap and switched ...

The Fellowship did not begin the Quest in the Shire; nor did the Quest end in the darkest depths of Mordor. There was no trekking through the Mines of Moria, and the Plains of Rohan remain untrod, for ...