MEDINA — To drive south in Western New York is to pilot a time machine through geological history. Tens of millions of years separate the layers of Ordovician limestone near the shores of Lake Ontario ...

Earth's 4.5 billion year geological history is full of death and rebirth, mass extinctions and explosions of biodiversity, with different periods often marked by cataclysmic changes that radically ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In geological layers around the world (particularly in the southwestern U.S.) roughly one billion years of rock are missing—a mystery known as the ...

Some parts of the moon are more interesting than others, especially when searching for future places for humans to land and work. There are also some parts of the moon about which we know less than ...

Research from Monash University reveals the climate history behind Asia's summer monsoon—Earth's most influential climate system. In a new study published in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, an ...

FILE PHOTO: The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" includes potentially cutting hundreds of millions in funding for the National Park Service FILE PHOTO: The Grand Canyon is seen from a view at Mather Point ...

Explore the groundbreaking study that uses Re–Os isotope dating to reveal the timing of key tectonic events beneath Japan. Learn how Besshi-type volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits are helping ...

This summer, while you’re chilling at Red Rocks, listening to one of 2015’s more retro acts, like the Music of Abba by Arrival From Sweden, Hall & Oates, Neil Young, or the Moody Blues, consider that ...

The breakup of the supercontinent and formation of the current Afro-Eurasia landmass were caused by movement of Earth's tectonic plates. The position of these tectonic plates is preserved in magnetic ...

Dudley Castle is part of an area designated a UNESCO global geolpark More than 420 million years of geological history in the ...