A ridiculous but instructive thought experiment involving deep time, plate tectonics, erosion and the slow death of the sun ...

Are we really living in the Anthropocene, the geological time marked by the global impact of human activity? And if so, when did it begin? These are questions that the Anthropocene Working Group is ...

The on-and-off volcanic eruption that’s been dazzling residents and visitors on Hawaii’s Big Island for nearly a year is back ...

There's no doubt that humans have had a powerful impact on the planet, but some scientists believe the effects are so clear and widespread that our current time period should be declared the dawn of a ...

Professor Jody Webster examines a fossil coral reef core from the Great Barrier Reef soon after it is brought on deck. New research led by the University of Sydney adds to our understanding of how ...

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There is no longer any debate that global warming is real, and that it is happening now at an alarming rate. It is transforming the global climate system before our eyes. The rise of fossil-fueled ...

A minor, 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck in the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 4:21 a.m. Pacific time about 2 miles ...

I HAVE been much interested in Prof. Haughton's communication to NATURE, vol. xviii. p. 266, on the subject of geological climate and geological time. I fully agree with him that geological climates ...

ALMATY – Kazakhstan has launched its first world-class geological cluster in Zhezkazgan, the most technologically advanced ...