Mass extinctions. Giant volcanic eruptions. Oceans suddenly deprived of oxygen. At first glance, Earth's biggest geological disasters seem to have little in common beyond their sheer scale. But for ...

“We usually think of geology as something that happens independently of life, and life just adjusts to the geology,” said Karen Lloyd, associate professor of microbiology at the University of ...

The story of a catastrophic flood appears in the Bible and in several ancient traditions, which has led generations of readers to ask if geology preserves evidence of one enormous event that covered ...

A huge underground movement of magma beneath Ethiopia’s Rift Valley has given scientists a rare look at how Earth’s crust changes from the inside. Between December 2024 and March 2025, around 1.4 ...

The Northern Apennines represent a classic example of an orogenic belt that has undergone significant post-orogenic extension. Following the main phase of continental collision during the Late Miocene ...

Geology is the scientific discipline that studies the Earth. As geologists, we seek to better understand the processes that constantly change the Earth, the socio-economic challenges that these ...

The geological history of Patagonia and Antarctica is characterised by prolonged episodes of magmatism driven by the dynamics of the Gondwana margin. From early Palaeozoic arc systems to Late Triassic ...