Geology was a discipline built to find the resources of our planet. The first real geologic map, crafted by William Smith in 1815, was part of a quest to find fuel for the Industrial Revolution. Smith ...

When most kids his age still wanted to be high-flying superheroes, Cooper Malanoski ’19 already knew his true calling was more grounded, focused on the fossils and rocks he avidly collected. That ...

Within only a few moments, a catastrophic avalanche, volcano, earthquake or tsunami could kill every living creature nearby. It would be impossible to predict these natural disasters and mitigate ...

Geoscience is an exciting career field within the overall STEM economy that is Receive emails about upcoming NOVA programs and related content, as well as featured reporting about current events ...

SILVER REEF – The Museum at Silver Reef is sponsoring a “Geology Walk and Talk” Feb. 22 led by geologist Marc Deshowitz. The presentation is free to the public and will begin at 10 a.m. at the ...

Explore the modern science of geology, beyond rocks, revealing how it integrates various sciences to understand Earth and solve problems. So, first off, I apologize for the clickbait headline, but don ...

Geologist Day, celebrated on the first Sunday in April each year since 1966, brings awareness to the critical work of scientists who study Earth and other planets' history, nature, materials and ...

Douwe van Hinsbergen receives funding from the Netherlands Organization of Scientific Research (NWO) and Utrecht University. As I write this, the Tour de France has reached its halfway point, with the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. First written notes about geology can be found in his description ...

Alex Maltman is the author of "Vineyards, Rocks, and Soils: The Wine Lover's Guide to Geology", Oxford University Press 2018. ISBN 9780190863289, and academic articles on this subject, but has no ...

Some days my job takes me in strange directions. Last Friday afternoon it found me in the grand Main Reading Room in the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, paging through a slim ...