Most major geological events in Earth's recent history have clustered in 27.5-million-year intervals — a pattern that ...

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

Earthquake warnings were mistakenly activated on Saturday morning across 284 communities in northern Israel and the West Bank ...

They can do that? Scanning the earth’s crust 3,300 feet below ground from the air looking for minerals might sound far-fetched, but the science is ...

A study completed by the USGS found that there are lithium reserves located under southwestern Arkansas that's estimated to ...

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

Dozens of powerful, fast-moving landslides carved deep scars into the hills and valleys around Buncombe County amid the fury ...

The river is a top destination for water sports and nature enthusiasts, but concerns are growing as rainfall continues to ...

Nuclear Waste Services' Annual Review highlights safety achievements, progress on geological disposal, and innovative waste ...

A look at new and exciting research at UCSB. Cosmic impacts. Asteroids and comets are well-known forms of hazardous threats to the Earth, leaving distinct craters and changes to t ...

The team heading to Japan Trench will be on the Chikyu, the world's leading scientific vessel with state-of-the-art drilling capabilities.

Environmentalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Wallace Stegner once famously wrote, “National parks are the best idea we ...