For Kenneth Lacovara, a professor of paleontology and geology at nearby Rowan ... the marker of the extinction — a layer containing substantial amounts of iridium, an element concentrated ...

Meeting domestic hydrogen demand is challenging enough, but export ambitions add another layer of complexity ... and scarce materials like platinum and iridium. Our research focuses on developing ...

Earth's rocky layers are mysteriously low in nitrogen compared with carbon and argon. A scientific team explored our planet's molten youth using advanced quantum mechanical simulations, revealing ...

The oldest crust on Earth, known to be unchanging, is actually being altered in real time. The North American continent is ...

Beneath the steaming geysers and bubbling mud pots of Yellowstone National Park lies one of the world's most closely watched volcanic systems. Now a team of geoscientists has uncovered new evidence ...

A routine fossil-hunting trip turned into a groundbreaking discovery for a pair of researchers when they stumbled upon a rare ...

A collaborative research team has improved visual localization and topographic mapping techniques that enable China's Zhurong rover to navigate and conduct scientific investigations on Mars. These ...

Geology is broadly the study of the Earth and other planets, moons, and smaller planetary bodies. Fields of geology range from the initial formation and differentiation of the Earth to modern ...

The Yushenfu mining area is located at the Mu Us Desert and the Loess Plateau interface, characterized by alternating layers of loess and aeolian sand. This region experiences significant climatic ...