Researchers describe the Jack Hills zircons as a kind of "black box" of Earth's early history, preserving critical clues from a time otherwise lost to geological processes ...

Among the areas in China where rare earth minerals are relative abundant, Bayan Obo, located in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, has ...

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The changes are most visible in the Afar region of northeastern Ethiopia. Scientists say that the Gulf of Aden and the Red ...

Old crystals found in Western Australia are drawing fresh attention from geologists studying how the planet first took shape.

A massive, iron-rich structure sitting at the base of Earth’s mantle beneath the Hawaiian Islands may be doing more than ...

A new scientific revelation reveals that deep in the Earth’s core lies a good amount of hydrogen as well as a large amount of iron. While the iron in the core has always been recognized as dominant, ...

Tiny zircon crystals are revealing that Earth’s earliest history may have included surprisingly complex tectonic activity.

ONE of the world’s most dangerous volcanoes is showing unsettling new signs of activity. Scientists from the National ...

We are fortunate to have an amazingly diverse collection of rocks waiting to be recognized and appreciated. Each beach rock ...

Towering more than 14,000 feet above Northern California, Mount Shasta doesn’t just dominate the skyline - it commands attention in a way few peaks ever do. Snow-capped for much of the year and rising ...

When tens of thousands of earthquakes shook Santorini, the cause wasn’t just shifting tectonic plates—it was rising magma. Scientists tracked about 300 million cubic meters of molten rock pushing up ...