New research has uncovered that the construction of water dams has shifted Earth's poles in subtle but important ways.

That's great for hydropower, recreation, and ensuring there's enough water for basic human needs—but how those dams affect ...

Rare earth elements’ (REEs) are not actually rare in the Earth’s crust, but their extraction and processing are challenging.

Researchers used zircons and AI to reconstruct Earth's ancient crust, revealing possible tectonic processes from the planet's ...

We are going back 55 million years. That was when Greenland and Norway began to drift apart, causing the Atlantic Ocean to ...

The effects of climate change could awaken hundreds of volcanoes worldwide – which in turn could worsen the effects of ...

Giant bodies of sand found under the North Sea flip the rules of geology and may reshape how experts approach underground ...

Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...

The ancient history of Earth has always been hard to read. Most of the planet’s earliest crust has been lost, buried, or ...

Although more than 99.95% of Earth's gold is locked in the molten core, tiny amounts may be coming up to the surface in magma, a study found. A lava fountain at Kilauea in Hawaii is seen in early May.