Geology often gets a bad rap as the boring study of rocks and minerals. I’m hear to show you otherwise. Geology is a high-octane window into Earth’s vibrant, often violent history. Every rock tells a ...

THIS is a good introduction to geology, lucidly written and thoroughly up-to-date. The illustrations are simple, and are line-sketches only, but they convey their meaning. The authors rightly presume ...

HOWEVER prophetic may have been the far-seeing premonitions of men in advance of their age in the dim past, and however invaluable may have been the additions made to the superstructure since, it can ...

ATHENS, Ohio — Like pieces in a giant jigsaw puzzle, continents have split, drifted and merged again many times throughout Earth’s history, but geologists haven’t understood the mechanism behind the ...

Earth is our home planet, a bright blue marble spinning through space. The Earth is certainly beautiful, but why study Geology? Geology studies both modern and ancient environments, deciphering the ...

An unparalleled study by Brenda Beitler Bowen, a Central Michigan University postdoctoral research associate, on salty acid lakes in Australia provides a rare, modern analogy to ancient geologic ...

Atmos reports on the significance of understanding rocks to address climate issues.

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — A new study is revealing more about the rock known as Castle Rock. According to a study from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, the rock formation's unique prominence and ...

In the forests of the southeastern United States, dense tree cover dominates most landscapes. That's why the Appalachian Trail is sometimes nicknamed "The Green Tunnel." But avid hikers know that ...

Alfred University Assistant Professor of Geology Kristian Olson met undergraduate Piper Moore in his Structural Geology class in 2024. Piper was an art student in her third year at Alfred. She had an ...