THIS year has brought into sharp focus the importance of scientists in our everyday lives. Vaccinologists have sought to create inoculations to help tackle the covid-19 pandemic, and have succeeded.

Earth is our home planet, a bright blue marble spinning through space. The Earth is certainly beautiful, but why study Geology? Geology studies both modern and ancient environments, deciphering the ...

Within only a few moments, a catastrophic avalanche, volcano, earthquake or tsunami could kill every living creature nearby. It would be impossible to predict these natural disasters and mitigate ...

To outsiders, geology can seem as dull as a rock, with a lexicon just as opaque, but to insiders, it is a limitless source of wonder. Various authors have used different tools to crack open geology’s ...

Have you ever walked across a salt flat so expansive it feels like another planet? That's what it's like standing in Egypt's ...

The Canyon is a Book of Revelations in the rock-leaved Bible of geology. - John Wesley Powell A professor of geology at Illinois Wesleyan, John Wesley Powell had more than just a passing interest in ...

Geology students are the happiest with their degrees according to the National Student Survey, which polls university students across UK colleges and universities for satisfaction in their school and ...

The William & Mary Geology department is among the elite undergraduate programs in the country. The department graduates between 20 and 40 majors per year (a large number for undergraduate programs) ...

You always leave no stone unturned, and Michigan Tech’s Department of Geology can take you from Alaska to New Zealand and back to the lab in search of answers. Research areas range from volcanology to ...

The history of life on our planet is a long and winding path. Much of what we know about how life has evolved comes from fossils. The physical remains of organisms and the evidence of behaviors, such ...

Explore the origins of Seattle, its unique geology, and the significant historical changes that have shaped the city. This ...