For billions of years, Earth’s atmosphere lacked the oxygen necessary to sustain complex life. While scientists have long ...

While South Dakota and Utah's badlands might be better known, New Mexico's colorful rock formations and remote badland ...

A new study suggests glaciers carved metals out from the Earth’s surface 700 million years ago, leading to chemical reactions ...

Patagonia’s ‘living rocks’ hold ancient bacterial biofilms, offering insights into early life and potential bioengineering ...

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Hydrothermal alteration is a complex geological process that can later serve as an indicator of gold deposits for mineral ...

research published Tuesday in the journal Geology suggests the flowing of ancient glaciers may have directly shaped chemical changes in the ocean that were critical for the evolution of complex ...

MODERN geological research has rendered it almost certain, that the same causes which produced the various formations with their imbedded fossils, have continued to act down to the present day.

Sinopec has certified 1.3 billion barrels of new shale oil reserves in eastern China, despite the challenges of deep ...