Scientists of course cannot cut into Earth and directly observe its insides. Instead, their knowledge is inferred from the ...

Trovants in Romania grow by absorbing minerals from rainwater Found near Costești, they expand and form ‘baby’ rocks Myths claim trovants are dinosaur eggs or alien formations ...

Earth’s core is located below the middle layer called the mantle and the outer layer –or crust. It consists of two main parts ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover uncovers an ancient rock sample in Jezero Crater, possibly dating back billions of years.

Searles Lake has long been shaped by shifting water levels, volcanic minerals, and evaporite formation. In 2024, satellites ...

A research team is investigating the influence of the Zagros Mountains on the bending of Earth's surface. A team of ...

The ocean plate was once the seafloor of Neotethys — an ocean that formed when the supercontinent Pangaea broke up into a ...

Remarkably, fossil shark teeth are also incredibly abundant. Sharks ruled the earth’s oceans for 400 million years, and every individual grows and sheds thousands of teeth in their lifetime.

Peru’s boiling river reaches 210°F, killing animals instantly. Scientists found biodiversity drops by 11% for every 1.8°F ...

Deep beneath Iraq, a long-lost oceanic plate is breaking apart, causing shifts that stretch from southeastern Turkey to ...

Hubbard, who first joined the USGS as a postdoc, is part of the agency’s Earth Mapping Resource Initiative (Earth MRI).

DEEP Earth Energy Production has partnered global energy technology company SLB to advance the development of Canada's inaugural geothermal project in southeast Saskatchewan. With its feasibility ...