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 ...

A recent study shows that there is a lot more sediment trapped beneath Greenland’s ice sheet than we realized, which could speed up the glaciers slipping into the ocean. With the planet heating up ...

A petroglyph in the “Heads & Hearts: Seeing the Landscape through Nez Perce Eyes” exhibit with Tribal Clan symbols. (Photo by Lyric Aquino, Underscore Native News + Report for America) Indigenous ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Geology has long been a field rooted in exploration and discovery. Traditionally, geologists spent long hours outdoors, mapping landscapes by hand and studying rock formations up close. These hands-on ...

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 ...