Discover how scientists found and dated the oldest rocks on the planet, and why studying them can help explain how life on ...

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 ...

Gray rocks uncovered in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada may be the ultimate primordial find. The stones date back 4.16 ...

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 ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that precious metals like gold are leaking from Earth’s core into the mantle, ultimately ...

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

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name “Hadean” comes from the ...

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