There's a billion-year gap in Earth's geological history. A new study seeks to explain the mystery.

A team of international scientists might have just identified where a billion years of missing history might have gone ...

A layer of rock just 520 million years old sat directly on top of ancient rock dating back 1.4 to 1.8 billion years.

A practicing geologist can benefit from the history of geology professionally in two main ways: by learning about past mistakes so as not to repeat them and by finding out about different ways to ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Dana Hunter is compiling a list of Pioneering ...

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THE history of the Geological Society of London is rich in interest and instruction, as the society is unique in the? of its influence on the science it was founded to promote. Geology had no chance ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The new movie "Pompeii" reconstructs one of ...

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 ...