ÒÁÈ˾þÃ

geology

Artist's impression of Earth's collision with Theia

Earth

Bits of an ancient planet called Theia may be buried in Earth’s mantle

Two strange, high-density blobs buried more than a kilometre underground may have come from the ancient world Theia, which is thought to have slammed into Earth to create the moon

News

Earth

Sun-blocking dust from asteroid impact drove the dinosaur extinction

News

Full profile of Great Sphinx

Physics

The Great Sphinx of Giza may have been blown into shape by the wind

News

Earth

Ancient river valleys discovered beneath Antarctic ice sheet

News

Earth's core

Earth

Earth’s core is oddly squishy and we may now know why

News

Earth

Huge earthquake shook Seattle 1100 years ago and it could happen again

News

Environment

How geologic hydrogen went from fringe science to potential green fuel

Analysis

Coloured diamonds from the Argyle mine in Australia

Earth

Rare Australian pink diamonds emerged when a supercontinent broke up

News

West Coast of Vancouver Island near a proposed site for carbon storage

Environment

Could pumping CO2 under Canada's coast cause earthquakes?

News

Earth

Canadian lake selected as site to mark the start of the Anthropocene

Geologists hoping to declare a new epoch dominated by humanity’s influence on Earth have chosen Crawford Lake in Canada as the location where the start of the Anthropocene is defined

News

Earth

There's a gravity 'hole' in the Indian Ocean and now we may know why

News

Earth

Dried-up lake may explain why California is 'overdue' major earthquake

News

Earth

Why is China drilling a hole more than 10,000 metres deep?

News

Earth

Oxygen on early Earth may have come from quartz crushed by earthquakes

News

Piano Exit Overlay Banner Mobile Piano Exit Overlay Banner Desktop