Atmos reports on the significance of understanding rocks to address climate issues.

The rocks used in the Olympic sport of curling come from one island in Scotland and one quarry in Wales. What makes them so ...

VAIL, Colorado – Everything west from Vail Pass to Dow Junction was frozen under one glacier 35,000 years ago. This was the last period when glaciers covered the globe and filled the valleys in ...

On a geological field trip to Quincy, Harvard scientist Francis Macdonald discovered a 582-million-year-old tillite, a type of sedimentary rock. The rock is on display at the Harvard Museum of Natural ...

One of the most spectacular things about Central Washington is its geology. We’ve got everything from a sleeping volcano called Mount Adams, to basalt columns made of solidified lava, to Union Gap and ...

A geology program will take place in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania on Thursday, May 1. According to a community announcement, geologist Jeri Jones will present “Your Backyard Geology” at 7 p.m. at the ...

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SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. – “Geology underlies it all” and in West Virginia you’ll find Limestone and Dolomite, Sandstone, Salt , Clay and Shale and Sand and Gravel, according to the West Virginia ...

This story was first published in KCUR's Creative Adventure newsletter. You can sign up to receive stories like this in your inbox every Tuesday. To understand local lithology is to understand Kansas ...

York County residents often travel somewhere in the world to visit a well-known locality. These locations are often natural exposures of rocks or maybe a combination of the actions of “Mother Nature” ...