Anthony Dale grew up with a fascination of the gold mines around his home in the Victorian town of Warrandyte. Attracted to the history, science, technology, and the "treasure hunt", he was drawn to ...

This article is part of a package in collaboration with Forbes on time capsules, preserving information and communicating with the future. Read more from the report. Stuff is old where I live, in ...

If you look closer at the building stones, tiles and pavements of the big city, you can find a hidden world of geology and history, from fascinating fossils to unusual rocks. In the middle of the City ...

A 100-year-old theory explaining how Asia can carry the huge weight of the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau needs to be rewritten, a new study suggests. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Beneath the North Sea, scientists have uncovered colossal sand formations, dubbed “sinkites,” that have mysteriously sunk into lighter sediments, flipping the usual geological order. Formed millions ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Texas Hill Country is known for its landscapes, where shallow rivers wind ...

Plate tectonics is geology’s Theory of Everything. The realisation in the 1960s that Earth’s crust is made of fragments called plates—and that these plates can grow, shrink and move around—explained ...

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Fayetteville, Arkansas — Behind every great teacher there is a great mentor who long ago kindled a passion for education. For science teacher Clay Morton, that guiding light was Dr. Walt Manger.

Boulder, Colo., USA: Marine and coastal geoscience play a critical role in understanding ancient and modern geological history, offshore and coastal hazards, and climate change. Deep-water ...

Covering about two-thirds of the Earth's surface, the marine realm remains one of the last frontiers of human exploration. Marine geology focuses on understanding the structure, history, and ...

Although the ocean around Guadalupe Island off Baja California, Mexico is well-known as a location brimming with great white sharks, the island’s geology has been obscure for decades. To shed light on ...