GEOLOGY

New unified theory shows how past landscapes drove the evolution of Earth’s rich diversity of life

EARTH
Earth's surface is the living skin of our planet—it connects the physical, chemical and biological systems. Over geological time, this surface evolves. Rivers fragment the landscape...

More than a meteorite: New clues about the demise of dinosaurs

GEOLOGY
What wiped out the dinosaurs? A meteorite plummeting to Earth is only part of the story, a new study suggests. Climate change triggered by...

Alpine rock reveals dynamics of plate movements in Earth’s interior

EARTH
Examining how plates move in Earth’s mantle and how mountains form is no easy feat. Certain rocks that have sunk deep into Earth’s interior...

Libyan desert’s yellow glass: How we discovered the origin of these rare and mysterious shards

ENVIRONMENT
The Great Sand Sea Desert stretches over an area of 72,000km² linking Egypt and Libya. If you find yourself in a particular part of...

Volcanic Iceland is rumbling again as magma rises. A geologist explains eruptions in the land of fire and ice

GEOLOGY
Thousands of earthquakes in recent weeks have shaken the Icelandic fishing town of Grindavík, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) southwest of the capital Reykjavik....

Plate tectonic surprise: Geologist unexpectedly finds remnants of a lost mega-plate

GEOLOGY
Utrecht University geologist Suzanna van de Lagemaat has reconstructed a massive and previously unknown tectonic plate that was once one-quarter the size of the...

Mont Blanc shrinks by over two meters in two years

EARTH
Western Europe's highest mountain, Mont Blanc, has shrunk by over two meters in height over the past two years, researchers said on Thursday, measuring...

Research presents new development model for the world’s third-longest river

EARTH
A new research paper published in Science Advances reveals how changes in the size of the Yangtze River watershed may have led to the...

Earth’s crust, tectonic plates gradually formed, geoscientists find

EARTH
The Earth's crust continued a slow process of reworking for billions of years, rather than rapidly slowing its growth some 3 billion years ago,...

Making Arctic field geology accessible by digitizing outcrops

GEOLOGY
The Svalbox Digital Model Database (DMDb) just made its formal debut into the scientific community in a new article published in the journal Geosphere. The...

Most detailed geological model reveals Earth’s past 100 million years

EARTH
Climate, tectonics and time combine to create powerful forces that craft the face of our planet. Add the gradual sculpting of the Earth's surface...

Assessing weathering conditions around the globe to understand rate-limiting factors for major rock types

GEOLOGY
A quartet of researchers at Pennsylvania State University has assessed differing weathering conditions around the globe in an attempt to better understand the rate-limiting...
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