There's a billion-year gap in Earth's geological history. A new study seeks to explain the mystery.

Much of our understanding of Earth's past is derived from stratigraphic records exposed in rock outcrops or recovered from drilled cores. These records span immense time intervals, from thousands to ...

Earth experienced a period of intense, large-scale volcanism during the early Aptian. Around that time, it also experienced widespread ocean deoxygenation during the Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a (OAE1a) as ...

In 1869, John Wesley Powell was studying layers of rock in the Grand Canyon when he noticed an unconformity in the layers. Around a billion years were missing, and the problem turned out to be global.

Jaipur: The mines and geology department set a target of Rs 1,500 crore revenue collection during the final month of the ...

Deep beneath Antarctica’s ice, scientists have uncovered a geological archive that could reshape predictions of future sea-level rise.

Earth’s magnetic field does not simply switch direction like a flipped light switch. It weakens, wanders, and reorganizes ...

A resurrected ancient enzyme is helping scientists test how reliably Earth’s oldest rocks record signs of life.

Learn about geologic formation on Mars that resemble spiderwebs, serving as records of ancient groundwater flow on the planet.

Residents in Nye County, Nevada, were rattled by a magnitude 4.3 earthquake, which is one of 41 quakes reported in the area ...