Our scientists study the Earth, and other planets, on scales from the molecular to the planetary scale; from the microsecond to the geological time scale; and from its birth about 4500 million years ...

But so much change has happened since there are few geological relicts from so long ago. Around 2 billion years ago when Earth was covered in ice, a meteorite slammed into what is now outback ...

A recent report published in the Geological Review journal highlights the potential of these reserves. It states that just five years’ worth of mining waste from an iron ore site in Inner Mongolia ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Townsville. Followed categories will be added to My News. Geoscience Australia Senior Seismologist Jonathan Griffin confirmed it as the strongest earthquake ...

Visualization of seismic model S40RTS (Ritsema et al., 2011), showing the LLVP (large red area) under Africa, made using the GPlates software. Credit: Jeroen Ritsema et al. Deep within Earth’s mantle ...

The chance encounter prompted Larry Gerelus and Linda Pruegger to name their new winery in Okanagan Falls Stag's Hollow after the majestic deer the fawn would become and the geological formation left ...

China has about 44 million tons of rare earth mineral reserves, the largest of any country according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) — while the U.S. ranks seventh with 1.9 million tons.