Climate history recorded in a calcite deposit in a southern Nevada cave indicates that the hot, arid southwestern United ...

Earthquake faults deep in the Earth can glue themselves back together following a seismic event, according to a new study led ...

Teasing out biochemical information from ancient organic-rich sediments, notably the timing of the emergence of ...

An earthquake swarm has broken out along California's Central Coast, setting off fears of an even bigger eruption in the near ...

The Himalayas are known as the Young Fold Mountains because they were formed by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian ...

For decades, scientists have been baffled by two enormous, enigmatic structures buried deep inside Earth with features so ...