USGS has unveiled its most detailed national geologic map, giving the public a free, interactive way to explore underground ...

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 ...

We're learning more about the probable cause of a rockslide that shutdown I-24 west in Marion County and caused headaches for ...

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

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 ...

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The Open Space and Recreation Working Group hosted a hike through Willis Woods to a glacial erratic, one of many large boulders deposited across North America by retreating glaciers at the end of the ...

This story originally appeared on Atlas Obscura and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. If you decide to pursue a degree in geology, be prepared to spend some time in the wilderness, where you ...