This past spring, Swanson passed the milestone of having 50,000 students take the class from him over the years. It’s a number larger than the population of the British Columbia town he grew up in. He ...

Ancient Volcanic Foundations Created The Raw Material Yosemite looked very different one hundred million years ago. Towering ...

This topsy-turvy guide to Southern California earthquakes details the history of earthquakes in the Coachella Valley and other facts to know.

For the first time in history, scientists have observed the rupture of a tectonic plate in a subduction zone in real time.

Chinese scientists have become the first to visit one of Earth’s most remote and geologically intriguing realms: an ...

While it might seem like police don't care about your license plate as long as they can see the number, that is far from the truth. A California Highway Patrol officer pulled over a Nissan Sentra ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Drivers in Los Angeles County have a powerful new privacy advocate after the L.A. County Board of Supervisors ...

In this week’s column, geologist and earthquake expert Lori Dengler addresses “the two greatest tsunamis to hit both coasts ...

The Arabian and African tectonic plates failed to pull apart 28 million years ago at the Gulf of Suez, but the area hasn't ...

Geology professor Bill Dinklage recently took a sabbatical around the world to research energy transitions and geology that ...