The Department of Geology has changed its name to the Department of Earth Sciences to better reflect the breath of its work.

The Earth's surface is constantly reshaped by the movement of tectonic plates, which make up the continental crust on which we are living. These ...

Housed within the University of Manchester, The Alan Turing Institute provides a glimpse into the world of one of Britain's ...

Dating key tectonic events in Japan's geological history has long been often challenging due to poor microfossil preservation ...

Despite the health claims surrounding alkaline water, scientific evidence suggests its purported benefits may be overhyped.

Thousands of enigmatic hills and mounds dotting the northern plains of Mars may hold the key to understanding the planet’s ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars by uncovering pure sulfur crystals within a broken rock.

This week, meet a big-brained ancient human relative, hear a meteorite as it lands on Earth, spot a tiny kangaroo-like ...

Certain metallic rocks seem to be making oxygen in the dark, without light or sunshine, at the bottom of the ocean.

Last fall while waiting for freeze-up to provide easier travel, I perused two library books on the geology of Alaska, with my ...

Joe Velaidum of Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island narrowly avoided a collision with an incoming meteorite at his home in July.