Deep-sea sediment layers show rare microbial wrinkle structures that formed in environments far beyond the reach of sunlight. Dr. Rowan Martindale, a paleoecologist and geobiologist at the University ...

In late August, the U.S. Geological Survey quietly released a new tool that could reshape how Americans understand the ground beneath their feet. The Cooperative National Geologic Map, now live online ...

Despite seeming like a relatively stable place, the Earth's surface has changed dramatically over the past 4.6 billion years. Mountains have been built and eroded, continents and oceans have moved ...

The study found that the Port Askaig Formation, composed of layers of rock up to 1.1 km thick, was likely laid down between 662 to 720 million years ago during the Sturtian glaciation -- the first of ...

Scientists have uncovered a massive, hidden rock layer beneath Bermuda, over 12 miles thick, defying typical oceanic island formation. This unusual geological structure, less dense than the ...