Geology

Scientists have traced a baffling monotonous planetary hum that lasted for nine days back to a glacier in Greenland

Scientists propose that large chunks of gold could form from earthquakes’ pressure

A new Greenland map suggests how geology might shift and twist below the ice

A new analysis of Stonehenge’s “Altar Stone” suggests Neolithic people walked or sailed some 500 miles to transport the six-ton boulder

Baffling new results show that rocklike mineral deposits in the deep sea can produce oxygen

Beach sand is beautiful—and even more so when you understand the story it tells about our planet

We discovered a strange rock in the Sahara we thought was a meterorite. Figuring out what it was grounded me back to Earth

Beneath the Antarctic ice, scientists find remnants of a giant river system that flowed for thousands of miles

A former stretch of the Nile River, now buried beneath the Sahara Desert, may help scientists understand how Egyptians built the pyramids and adapted to a drying landscape

Large stores of natural hydrogen have turned up in Albania, France and Mali

Earthquakes in the Northeast are usually too small to feel, but larger temblors like the 4.8 magnitude quake in New Jersey aren’t unheard of

Iceland, Hawaii and Italy have all tried to control lava to save cities in the past. A volcanologist explains the methods