Rocks from the Hadean Eon, the first period in the geological timescale, have been dated in Québec. These are some of the ...

Sparks is renowned for pioneering the application of kinetics to soils as well as being one of the first soil scientists to ...

Remains of this key transitional species date to a mysterious "black hole" in the fossil record.

The gold standard for determining the age of ancient rocks is measuring the radioactive decay of isotopes of uranium into lead in minerals known as zircons. But not all rocks contain zircons, so ...

They reveal that the chemical composition of the deep mantle has remained almost intact since the Earth's formation 4.5 ...

A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the world were wiped out, disrupting the carbon cycle and ensuring that Earth re ...

In the 1997 action film "Dante's Peak," Pierce Brosnan plays the role of a volcanologist sent to investigate seismic activity ...

In the 1997 action film 'Dante's Peak', Pierce Brosnan plays the role of a volcanologist sent to investigate seismic activity ...

Earth’s magnetic field strength and atmospheric oxygen levels have oscillated in tandem for around 540 million years, according to a NASA-led study, pointing to a deep-Earth process that could knit ...

Hooft's lab published two related papers earlier this year in the journal Geochemistry, Geophysics ... If you're curious about what makes the planet tick, check out what the world-spanning program has ...