A proposal to codify a new geological epoch based on humanity's influence on Earth has been rejected. It means "the Anthropocene" will not be added to the chronostratigraphic chart featured in ...

Do you ever find yourself wondering about the rocks beneath your feet? If so then the USGS has exactly the tool you're ...

Are we really living in the Anthropocene, the geological time marked by the global impact of human activity? And if so, when did it begin? These are questions that the Anthropocene Working Group is ...

The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. A fixed-wing aircraft equipped by magnetic sensors flew a grid over roughly 5,000 of ...

A new map which depicts the detailed geology of the island of Ireland could assist the identification of future energy resources and prevent future mistakes in large infrastructural projects. Launched ...

Maps are an important tool for learning about the world around you. Some maps are designed to show what roads will take you where, and others are designed to tell you about the actual land in a given ...

The start of the Meghalayan age 4,200 years ago brought about climatic shifts that toppled empires What was happening in the world 4,200 years ago? Indigenous Peoples in the Pacific Northwest saw ...

An outcrop of the Chiba section along the Yoro River in Tabuchi, Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture. The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) have approved a Japanese research team’s ...

A minor, 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck in the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, according to the United States Geological ...