On March 28, the city of Mandalay, Myanmar, became the epicenter of a powerful earthquake that could be felt as far away as ...

Oh yeah and I did the math wrong in comparing the size of the cave to the grand canyon, turns out I'm better at geology than ...

North America is dripping—with sizable blobs of rock sinking from the underside of the continent, beneath the U.S. Midwest, into the Earth's mantle below. This is the conclusion of researchers from ...

By studying how limestone dissolution influences atmospheric CO₂ levels, Lich’s work contributes to ongoing efforts to ...

Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.

But the intensity of storms, when they do come, is greater. The number of flood events in the Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center has increased over the decades — from 103 in the 1990s ...

Mar. 28, 2025 — Why do some plants thrive in specific regions but not in others? A study explores the factors shaping plant distributions and how these patterns have changed over millions of years.

There are a few films I consider essential viewing for all Floridians because they aid in understanding this wild and crazy ...

“People very rarely go there to do geology and paleopathology field work, so it’s just a lot of unknowns,” Martz said. “It's just kind of an exciting area to explore. We know that there's ...

Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras has completed work on a veterinary center in the Amazon region that is required for ...

The team’s research—published today in Geology—found that the feathers are preserved in zeolite, a mode of preservation that hasn’t been reported for soft tissues until now. “Fossil ...

Check out the NPS website to find out more about Inspiration Point's geology. For diverse perspectives of the main amphitheater, head to Inspiration Point, which is home to three levels of viewpoints.