Scientists have solved the mysterious absence of star-shaped dunes from Earth's geological history for the first time, dating one back thousands of years. The study by Aberystwyth University, Birkbeck ...

Recent advances in science have unearthed a significant revelation: the discovery of a ‘lost’ continent, Zealandia, which was hidden for 375 years. This notable find shakes up our understanding of ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In geological layers around the world (particularly in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have voted against a proposal to declare a new geological epoch called the Anthropocene to reflect how profoundly human ...

Earth's 4.5 billion year geological history is full of death and rebirth, mass extinctions and explosions of biodiversity, with different periods often marked by cataclysmic changes that radically ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State Professor Renée M. Clary is the 2025 recipient of the Geological Society of America’s Mary C. Rabbitt Award, honoring her distinguished scholarship and ...

The Moon has a long, chaotic geological history almost as old as Earth itself. Every crater, rock and speck of dust on the Moon tells a story, but because it's not exactly close to our planet, this ...

Professor Jim Cotter of University of Minnesota Morris teaches his students how to use geology to read the stories embedded in the earth. CATHY WURZER: Here's a question for you-- where can you find ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: “The Great Unconformity…represents a globally ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In geological layers around the world (particularly in the southwestern U.S.) roughly one billion years of rock are missing—a mystery known as the ...