Millions of people around the world know of the Grand Canyon and many Arizonans have visited it — but few comprehend the incredible complexity and age of the rocks that form this vast gash in the ...

The entire Swartberg mountain range, the very physical border between the Great Karoo and the Klein Karoo, is 230km long and spectacularly beautiful. From the enigmatic twin peak of Towerkop near ...

Iran’s inability to export crude is rapidly filling storage, leaving only days before production may need to halt. Shutting wells risks long-term damage, as restoring reservoir pressure could take ...

Sandvik Mining announced at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2026 the introduction of My Sandvik Geo, an advanced cloud-based digital service that transforms drilling data into actionable geological and geotechnical ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in northern Michigan. Michigan might be at the forefront of a new clean fuel source — and it’s buried ...

What was the West like a thousand years ago, a million years ago — even a billion years ago? And how is that history still visible and consequential today? These were the driving questions behind the ...

A growing number of countries are planning a permanent solution to the issue of radioactive waste by burying it deep underground. Schemes take many years to plan, and many more years to build, but ...

Here, Adam recalls their conversation for BBC World Service programme CrowdScience: The Silurian hypothesis proposes that if ...

The Cooperative National Geologic Map offers a complete and detailed look at the bedrock and fault systems of the continental United States. The first geological map of the United States was published ...

A new international study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters reveals that the boundaries between geological epochs and periods, even though randomly distributed, follow a hidden, ...

New research led by the University of Sydney adds to our understanding of how rapidly rising sea levels due to climate change foreshadow the end of the Great Barrier Reef as we know it. The findings ...

Kirt Kempter likes to tease conservation groups about their efforts to try to stop erosion in the Galisteo Basin. As a geologist, he contextualizes time a bit differently than other people. He knows ...