One fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas shipments typically pass through the narrow Strait of Hormuz on their ...

A continental collision trapped oil within what is today Iran. The same collision explains why that oil is trapped behind the ...

UC College of Arts and Sciences Professor Thomas Algeo has been studying the planet's five major mass extinctions since the ...

Earth experienced a period of intense, large-scale volcanism during the early Aptian. Around that time, it also experienced ...

When she was a 21-year-old geology major, Erin Bryant ’94 discovered a passion for the sea. Now she welcomes 'lifelong learners' to do the same.

The model focused on “palaeogeographic context,” meaning the ancient layout of coasts, islands, and seaways. It tested whether coastline orientation and coastline shape predicted extinctions over deep ...

Taal Lake is a volcanic crater lake in the Philippines with a rare geology of nested islands and water. Researchers think the crater formed after a series of eruptions between 140,000 and 5,380 B.C. — ...

Helium-3 dating reveals new plankton species emerged within thousands—and sometimes just 2,000—years after the dinosaur-killing impact, showing life recovered far faster than assumed.

A group of climbers found over 1,000 crescent-shaped marks in a cliffside, and researchers conclude they come from the ...

If you are the kind of person who can handle real risk for real money, there are jobs out there that pay six figures to do ...

Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific coast of ...