A ridiculous but instructive thought experiment involving deep time, plate tectonics, erosion and the slow death of the sun ...

When geology professor Jason. W. Ricketts set out to study rock formations in West Texas. "I wasn't out looking for fossils ...

Germany surprises with the discovery of 43 million tons of lithium in Altmark, a find that could transform the battery supply ...

So people who read this blog (*one person cheers off in the distance*) may have noticed that my partner-in-crime, Jane Robb, recently abandoned me to the fusty claws of Nature. *sniff* Fear not though ...

Geological and earth sciences/geosciences largely focus on the physical aspects of the Earth – such as its composition and structure – as a fully integrated system. Geology majors can use their skills ...

It’s an abnormally hot day in September and I’m standing in a cattail marsh in eastern Wisconsin, trying to change the way my students view the world. They’re all distracted—by the heat, homesickness, ...

A GAIP survey has given Albion Resources the final piece of evidence the 2.5km by 1.5km Ives North prospect is ... Read More ...

I was with the USGS in Flagstaff in the 1980s and had the opportunity to work with Gordon on some of the geologic problems of the Apollo 15 landing site. Gordon had brought Dave Scott, the Apollo 15 ...

When the Allied Forces planned the D-Day invasion, they took geology into account. Nearly one million aerial photographs of the shores of Normandy were studied to find the best landing sites for the ...