Is Greenland a land of rare earth riches? The Indicator tells the story of an Australian geologist who learned the great cost of extracting Greenland's minerals.

Earth’s atmosphere is slowly leaking into space, and new research shows some of it reaches the Moon, where it may be ...

For the last hundred and fifty years or so, geologists have been trying to wrap their heads around the mystery: in some places, the geologic record just seems to jump by over a billion years. And last ...

Evidence from fossil shells suggests that falling seawater calcium helped lock away carbon dioxide and helped cool Earth after the dinosaurs.

We are deeply saddened to confirm the death of Kirk Handley, a long-standing and highly valued member of staff at the School ...

This doesn’t mean Mars causes ice ages on its own. Orbital cycles are only part of the picture. Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, ...

In the bigger picture, "down" could be defined as being below the plane of the solar system, which is known as the ecliptic.

In a new study in Geology, researchers calculated how long it took for novel single-celled marine species to appear after the asteroid impact, and it’s surprisingly fast.

Far below the surface of the western Pacific Ocean, scientists have uncovered a geological system that reshapes how you may ...

The White House, led by Donald Trump, has ramped up efforts to pressure Denmark into seceding Greenland to the US.

Geologists have uncovered the world’s largest iron ore deposit in Australia’s Pilbara region, valued at nearly Rs 500 trillion, with the potential to reshape global trade.

Learn how the emergence of new plankton species started life's swift recovery after the asteroid impact that killed most ...