Rivers began pumping weathered material into the sea about a billion years after Earth formed, suggesting continents may have gotten an early start.

Now, a new study finds evidence of this flood in ridges along the Sicily Sill and in channels that likely formed from this sudden and powerful deluge. Ages, epochs, periods, and even eras are often ...

Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's mantle could be more than a billion years old, a new study finds.

has released its first map of potential geologic hydrogen reserves in the United States, while Plug Power has secured a $1.66 billion US government loan guarantee to scale low-carbon hydrogen ...

It quieted down again by 2020 -- only to dramatically increase its output again in 2023. At that time, it began emitting radio waves at 60 times the previous intensity over just a few months ...

Guyana’s gold mining sector is using less mercury overall as large- and medium-scale miners are now required to use cyanide to trap the precious metal from ore, but small-scale miners will take some ...

The U.S. Geological Survey put the ... it had an intensity of lower 5 on the Japanese scale of 0 to 7. The quake began at around 9:19 p.m. local time, with its epicenter a few miles offshore ...

The grandfather paradox is just one of the thorny logical problems that arise with the concept of time travel. But one ...

This hexagonal crater, renowned among scientists for its unique shape, provides crucial insights into Earth’s geological history and the dynamic processes shaping planetary bodies in our solar system.