Geoscience

Lessons for our current Earth from the geologic past

Laura Poppick’s 3 greatest revelations while writing her book, Strata: Stories from Deep Time

Vivid geological maps reveal the movement of the Mississippi

Early explorers felt the powerful pull of the poles

Is the fault of whale strandings partially in the stars?

Despite the latest forecasting science, climate change threw a wrench into this writer's latest seafaring voyage

Violent crumpling of rock left a continental edge that is much more interesting than we imagined

A seismologist walks us through the region’s tectonic history

A new way of thinking about the history of the Earth.

The story of the doom-bringing rock may help us prevent a repeat catastrophe.

The deepest extract from the middle layer of the Earth offers a wonderland of insights.

Learning to appreciate the big picture.