A new study reveals the devastating impact of harsh volcanic winters that marked the end of the Triassic period and ...

The Colorado Piedmont is a third representation of inverted topography. The mesas and buttes in this area along the base of ...

These massive eruptions released vast amounts of sulfur dioxide, blocking sunlight and causing global cooling for a short period of time.

Earth's five great mass extinctions took place, when three-quarters of all living species suddenly disappeared. The wipeout ...

When plumes of magma well up through Earth's lithosphere, they create volcanoes, islands, seamounts, and other features on ...

A technique known as “enhanced rock weathering” promises to remove billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the ...

The mantle is split up into two domains — the African and the Pacific — that emerged when supercontinent Pangaea broke apart.

Diamond Beach, located on Iceland’s southeastern coast near the Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon, features striking black sand ...

Because maybe if we understand the cause of those, we can at least try not to make the same mistakes again. This long and ...

When Elon Musk finally manages to land a human craft on one of the moons of Jupiter, the pictures that come back will ...

A local geology professor’s 12-year-old discovery of Lake Tahoe’s extraordinary age—2.3 million years—is finally getting widespread attention.

Basaltex, a basalt fibre product industry leader headquartered in Belgium, has launched a new range of fiber textiles ...