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

Abstract: Under the action of an earthquake, the rammed earth structure will produce shear failure due to insufficient shear strength. This damage is more serious at the weak interface of each rammed ...

Abundant fossil bones, teeth, trackways, and other hard evidence have revealed that Earth was the domain of the dinosaurs for at least 230 million years. But so far, not a single trace of dinosaur ...

The depths of the Earth still hold many surprises. A team of scientists has discovered that objects move horizontally in the Earth's mantle, nearly 1,864 miles (3,000 km) beneath our feet.

The Montreal Protocol The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer is the landmark multilateral environmental agreement that regulates the production and consumption of nearly 100 ...

According to new research, the active volcano that sits west of Naples has a "tuff" layer about two miles beneath the surface that traps volcanic gases deep below the caldera's floor.

A groundbreaking study by the University of Göttingen in Germany, published in the journal Nature, suggests that Earth's core is leaking gold and other precious metals into the layers above.