What FACTS ABOUT ROCKS do you know? They are abundant on earth, and yet little is known about them. These facts will increase your knowledge of the rocks.

Rivers began pumping weathered material into the sea about a billion years after Earth formed, suggesting continents may have gotten an early start.

The building blocks for life, including salts, organic matter and amino acids have been found in samples returned to Earth ...

The Department of Geology has changed its name to the Department of Earth Sciences to better reflect the breath of its work.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The University at Buffalo Department of Geology is about much more than rocks and minerals. Its faculty and ...

Two new papers describe hints to a brine-filled environment on the 4.5-billion-year-old space rock and the presence of amino ...

A peaceful transition away from fossil fuels will require new global agreements on how to manage mineral resources ... The interior of Earth, the mantle, is solid rock. But it is hot enough ...