Plastic Pollution in the Deep Sea: A Geological Perspective on a Global Problem
A new focus article in the May issue of Geology summarizes research on plastic waste in marine and sedimentary environments. Authors I.A. Kane of the Univ. of…
A new focus article in the May issue of Geology summarizes research on plastic waste in marine and sedimentary environments. Authors I.A. Kane of the Univ. of…
It is 2,250 kilometers (1,400 miles) long, but only 355 kilometers (220 miles) wide at its widest point — on a world map, the Red…
Gale Crater’s central sedimentary mound (Aeolis Mons or, informally, Mount Sharp) is a 5.5-km-tall (3.4-mi-tall) remnant of the infilling and erosion of this ancient impact…
Geologist studies greenhouse gas emissions from uncapped, idle wells in Texas. Uncapped, idle oil wells could be leaking millions of kilograms of methane each year…
Study finds Earth’s frozen surfaces became less susceptible to thawing, potentially locking in more carbon than expected. Nearly one quarter of the land in the…
Imagine trying to pick up a pebble or scrape microbes off a cave wall in a bulky spacesuit with puffy gloves on, under a time…
The first emergence and persistence of continental crust on Earth during the Archaean (4 billion to 2.5 billion years ago) has important implications for plate…
Ethiopia may produce less specialty coffee and more rather bland tasting varieties in the future. This is the result of a new study by an…
New research suggests that rocks in the Martian crust could produce the same kind of chemical energy that supports microbial life deep beneath Earth’s surface….
A group of University of Wyoming professors and students has identified an unusual belt of igneous rocks that stretches for over 2,000 miles from British…
Mars had dry and wet eras and dried up for good 3 billion years ago. While attention has been focused on the Perseverance rover that…
Weathering of rocks can bind or release carbon dioxide — in active mountain ranges, carbon-dioxide release strongly dominates. Taiwan is an island of extremes: severe…
Every year, our planet encounters dust from comets and asteroids. These interplanetary dust particles pass through our atmosphere and give rise to shooting stars. Some…
If you were to visit the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau a thousand years ago, you’d find conditions remarkably familiar to the present. The climate…
An amber fossil of a Cretaceous beetle has shed some light on the diet of one of the earliest pollinators of flowering plants. The animal’s…
Earth’s sea level has remained fairly constant during the last 541 million years, but a new study suggests the planet may have been covered by…
The Perseverance rover has just landed on Mars. Meanwhile, its precursor Curiosity continues to explore the base of Mount Sharp (officially Aeolis Mons), a mountain…
Research led by the University of Kent’s School of Physical Sciences has found new evidence of a low-altitude meteoritic touchdown event reaching the Antarctic ice…