When we look at the solid ground beneath our feet, it's easy to assume Earth has always been this way. But our planet tells a story so extraordinary, so ...

Critical minerals are found in several forms in the ocean, from potato-size nodules to brine pools. They are also in some of the least understood parts of our planet.

Just as geology created the conditions for human habitation in the Fertile Crescent, those same tectonic movements created the stage for today’s hydrocarbon-based conflicts.

Scientists are piecing together what they learned from the quake and the 4000-plus aftershocks that continue to rattle the ...

One fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas shipments typically pass through the narrow Strait of Hormuz on their ...

A continental collision trapped oil within what is today Iran. The same collision explains why that oil is trapped behind the Strait of Hormuz now ...

The Moon - Earth’s closest celestial neighbour - is slowly shrinking as its interior cools, according to research by scientists studying lunar geology. While the process has been unfolding for ...

Since the 1970s, planetary geologists have known that volcanic features cover large swaths of Mars. Early Mariner 9 images ...

New study reveals that the Earth's mantle was not as hot when Pangaea began to break apart millions of years ago.

In 250 million years, Earth’s continents may merge into a supercontinent so extreme that most mammals would struggle to survive.

Zealandia is a nearly continent-sized landmass hidden beneath the Pacific Ocean whose submerged crust, geology, and tectonic history challenge how continents are defined. Catherine O'Hara's cause of ...

All around the world, from the Red Sea to the deep ocean ridges of the Atlantic, lurk more than a dozen geological misfits. These scraps of continental crust are found in the middle of oceans, ...