The pattern of geological boundaries may not be as unstable as people have thought, as these boundaries exist between geological wedges of time, like eons, periods, and epochs. Each of these wedges is ...

This theory suggests that a portion of the Indian Plate is "delaminating" as it slides beneath the Eurasian Plate. (CREDIT: CC BY-SA 4.0) Deep beneath the mountains of the Himalayas, something ...

A Pennsylvania grandmother was found dead last December after falling into a 30-foot deep sinkhole that opened into a long-abandoned coal mine. Elizabeth Pollard, from Unity Township, had been looking ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

Boulder, Colo., USA: Marine and coastal geoscience play a critical role in understanding ancient and modern geological history, offshore and coastal hazards, and climate change. Deep-water ...

Bruce Bjornstad has loved rocks since he was a kid, growing up on the East Coast. But his real love and expertise is the Missoula Floods — cataclysmic events that scoured the Columbia Basin and laid ...