Cemeteries not only provide a peaceful place to contemplate and commemorate the dead. They are also great places for studying ...

Layers of volcanic rock in Eastern Oregon, the Willamette Valley and the Columbia Basin have created fertile soil for farming ...

The volcanic layers in the Northwest could hold megatons of planet-warming emissions but the infrastructure needed for that ...

(Dan Coe/Washington Geological Survey) Layers of volcanic rock in eastern Oregon ... Ruarri Day-Stirrat, state geologist and ...

The Imperial Valley has been recognized as one of the most unique places for geological study. It may not seem like much to ...

The Geological Society of America (GSA) proudly announces the acquisition of Mountain Press Publishing Company’s award-winning geology series, Roadside Geology, Geology Underfoot, and Geology Rocks!, ...

If Earth's history were a calendar year, humans would not appear until the last few minutes before midnight on Dec. 31.

And yet, like many other urban centres, the city fights to retain its cultural and natural heritage, including its geology, ...

Liquid-filled rocks form when minerals trap fluids, but depending on their composition they can either be classed as enhydros ...

Since soon after our planet formed, Earth's 4.6 billion-year-long history was dominated by single-celled life. Something dramatic happened about 500 ...

NASA's Rovers landed on Mars and their discoveries revealed new chapters of the Red Planet's mysterious geology.

Tullis, born in Swedesboro, New Jersey, is survived by her sisters Mary Conway and Ellen Shelton; her nieces, Jessie and Kit ...