Our planet was once a harsh, alien, icy world. Yet this deep freeze may have shaped you, me and all life on Earth ...

Geologists from St. Petersburg State University, as part of an international scientific team, have analyzed rock data from ...

Niobium is a transition metal that plays a critical role in modern materials science due to its ability to significantly enhance the strength, toughness, and corrosion resistance of alloys. It is most ...

The “Boring Billion” is an informal description of a billion-year-period of Earth history (1.8 billion to 800 million years ago) where tectonics, climate, and biological evolution remained ...

A major geological discovery in Australia could change the game for the global supply of niobium, a rare and strategic metal essential for many modern technologies. This resource, one of the largest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Magma becomes lava when it rises up to the Earth’s surface, like when the Nyiragongo volcano erupted in the Democratic Republic ...

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Scientists predict a new supercontinent may form in 200-300 million years. The supercontinent, named Amasia, may arise from the closing Pacific Ocean. Australia is expected to collide with Asia, ...

Earth has always been a dynamic planet, with tectonic plates constantly moving and shifting. For the last 1.5 billion years, the continents have been joining together and separating again in a ...

Geologists in Tasmania — an island off the coast of Australia — were stunned to discover rocks that contained a geochemical make-up identical to those rock layers in the Grand Canyon. Researchers at ...