Orogeny

The land beneath the former Aral Sea in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is rising and will continue to do so for many decades. Now, scientists have an explanation that involves the sea drying up.

A list of 50 critical minerals, created by the U.S. Geological Survey, shows that more than a dozen relied upon by the U.S. are abundant in Ukraine.

Scientists with a new theory about how Earth's early continents formed predicted where a superold impact crater should be—then found it

Mount Roraima is a flat-topped formation with crystal-clear pools, waterfalls and a unique ecosystem that has been isolated from the surrounding savanna for millions of years.

Nevada is becoming a major producer of lithium, thanks to topography, climate, and geologic serendipity.

This one has planet-wide repercussions.

Cratons are believed to be the longest-lived regions of the Earth, but a new study shows how dynamic processes can cause their eventual disintegration.

Mount Everest, also known as Chomolungma in Tibetan or Sagarmāthā in Nepali, is about 15 to 50 m taller than it would otherwise be because of uplift caused by a nearby eroding river gorge, and continues to grow because of it, according to new research.

A new study suggests that 'continents' on Venus, vast plateaus known as tesserae, may have formed in a very similar way to early continents on Earth. The post 'Continents' on Venus similar to those of early Earth? first appeared on EarthSky.

MIT geologists determined the original orientation of many of the Mars bedrock samples collected by the Perseverance rover. The findings can give scientists clues to the conditions in which the rocks originally formed.

Solidified lava surrounds the small Icelandic town of Grindavík in a new photo from the European Space Agency's Copernicus Sentinel-2, following recent...

While Atlantis—a fabled continent said to have been swallowed by the sea—continues to elude its seekers, another long-lost and less famous land mass has been discovered at the bottom of the ocean.

There are 17 rare earth elements on the periodic table, but a better name for them would be the "troublesome earths." Here's why.

Vesuvius and Etna get the attention, but the area flanking Rome has some of the largest volcanic systems in Europe.

Progress roundup: Scientists delve below the ocean floor and across the terrestrial hot spots of Southeast Asia, using words like "dream" and "wonder."

Fossilized beaches along the UK coastline have enabled scientists to demonstrate for the first time how melting Antarctic ice sheets impacted global sea levels during a period of pronounced climate warming more than 100,000 years ago.

Campi Flegrei has been in a "restless" period for about 70 years. Scientists say this modeling is the first in an attempt to forecast the rupture of an active volcano.

A research team led by Prof. Zhang Haijiang from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Prof. Hou Zengqian from Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, revealed the seismically imaged lithospheric delamination and its controls on the Mesozoic Magmatic Province in South China by using a new joint seismic inversion algorithm. The study was published in Nature…

The 216th UNESCO Executive Board Session declares Bohol Island as the country's first Global Geopark. Here's why.

Flat expanses, badlands, rolling hills, cuestas, and canyons shape Kansas' geography.