Geology

An experiment to quantify the amount of the universe’s lightest element in Earth’s core suggests that the planet’s water has mostly been here since the beginning

The rocks used in the Olympic sport of curling come from one island in Scotland and one quarry in Wales. What makes them so special?

It turns out that continental breakups are just as messy as human ones, with the events leaving fragments scattered far from home

Greenland’s mineral resources hold massive economic potential, but accessing them isn’t easy

Trump has cited Venezuela’s oil resources as motivation for capturing the nation’s leader—here’s the geology behind the news

Antarctica’s New Year’s celebration is unlike any other: every January 1 scientists physically move the South Pole. This is why

Hawaii’s Kilauea, one of Earth’s most active volcanoes, sent lava fountains spewing into the air, obliterating a U.S. Geological Survey camera

The Black Death ravaged Europe, and scientists and historians are still working to understand how it became so deadly

A minor earthquake struck California in the early hours of the morning on November 26

New work pinpoints the origins of the planet Theia, whose ancient collision with Earth likely produced the moon

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

Thousands of years ago, a space rock hit what is now China, leaving a bowl-shaped crater some 900 meters wide