Researchers have proposed that changes in Earth's ionosphere could trigger electrical forces that nudge fragile areas of the crust into creating an earthquake.

Marcia Bjornerud loves rocks. Not just under a petrographic microscope, but as animated entities with properties and ...

Geologists from Heriot-Watt are part of an international research team that has confirmed why the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake off northeast Japan behaved in such an extreme and destructive way. The study, ...

Next week has the Lyon County Highway Department busy with bridge work. Crews will close Road 240 between Roads X and Y on Monday, followed by Road 310 between C and D on Tuesday, Road 170 between R-1 ...

Jasper Moernaut contributed to an article published by Nore Praet et al. in Earth Science Reviews, Volume 271, December 2025.

The course provides practical application of environmental geological knowledge through a case study of environmental geological issues. Excursion and laboratory sessions are also part of the the ...

Scientists have uncovered a bizarre, ultra-thick rock layer buried deep beneath Bermuda, something never seen anywhere else on Earth. The discovery may finally explain why the island sits mysteriously ...

City that is referred to as the Geology Capital of India:-Imagine a city which offers museums, research facilities, and educational initiatives that are majorly dedicated to studying and conserving ...

Saturn’s moon Mimas, imaged by the Cassini spacecraft. A new study shows how such small ice moons could sustain a liquid ocean beneath an icy shell, and how that could give rise to surface features.

From 1.8 billion to 800 million years ago, Earth was seemingly quite a boring place. Continents moved little, and life evolved excruciatingly slowly. Not much seemed to be going on, which is why ...

Researchers have discovered there was an anomaly in Earth's gravitational field between 2006 and 2008, potentially caused by a mineral shift deep within Earth's mantle. GRACE satellites detected a ...

Boulder, Colo., USA: If you've ever held or beheld a diamond, there's a good chance it came from a kimberlite. Over 70% of the world's diamonds are mined from these unique volcanic structures. Yet ...