In Earth’s early days, more than 4 billion years ago, the surface was a dangerous and unpredictable place. Violent volcanoes, ...

The U.S. government is seeking to retrieve critical minerals from mine waste by awarding 13 states nearly $3 million to ...

Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas is a unique family destination in several ways. It's America's only urban national park ...

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected witness to Earth’s distant past: tiny iron oxide stones called ooids. These mineral snowballs lock away traces of ancient carbon, revealing that oceans between ...

Some people, thanks to a viral prank on social media, might think Anthropologie is selling rocks. Let us explain.

Seemingly contradictory materials are trapped together in two glittering diamonds from South Africa, shedding light on how ...

A pair of diamonds that formed hundreds of kilometers deep in Earth’s malleable mantle both contain specks of materials that ...

Scientists have, for the first time, pinned down exactly when microbes colonized a meteorite impact crater. The team shows ...

Seemingly contradictory materials are trapped together in two glittering diamonds from South Africa, shedding light on how ...

Each mineral in a volcanic deposit is like a microscopic thermometer that records magma chamber temperature over time.

An international research team led by the GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel has discovered a globally unique ...

September 2025 / Kiel. An international research team led by the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel has ...