Most major geological events in Earth's recent history have clustered in 27.5-million-year intervals — a pattern that ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it cracks and an ocean basin begins.

Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

Helene was a powerful reminder that natural hazards don’t disappear when the skies clear – they evolve.

Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth's earliest geological history, but they're incredibly rare.

Research led by Earth scientists at the University of Southampton has uncovered evidence of rhythmic surges of molten mantle ...

Ancient carbon surges depleted ocean oxygen and stalled marine life, and new research warns today’s emissions could cause a ...

The final image captured by the recently decommissioned Landsat 7 satellite shows how "Sin City" has nearly doubled in size ...

A study reveals that the oldest continental crust on Earth is slowly being broken up by shifting tectonic forces.

NASA will soon launch a one-of-a-kind instrument, called Arcstone, to improve the quality of data from Earth-viewing sensors ...

Earth MRI’s recent list of achievements is impressive. When the BIL passed into law in late 2021, scientists had collected high-quality geophysical data across only about 10 percent of the ...

HANOI — The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has significantly revised down its estimate of Vietnam's rare earth reserves to 3.5 million metric tonnes from 22 million tonnes, a change that ...