What was thought to be an underwater, lost city is actually a naturally occurring geological phenomenon. Pipe-like, disc and doughnut-shaped structures discovered by underwater divers near the island ...

DR. MACFARLANE has added a new pleasure to railway travelling, or rather, by means of this geological guidebook, he has done much to make it both enjoyable and instructive. The idea of the book is ...

The common view of the Amazon is that it is one massive, unbroken forest. This impression is given by maps which tend to mark the Amazon by a large glob of green or even by its single name which doesn ...

Dan Wymer, township clerk, proposed a possible centerpiece for a township flag during a discussion at Tuesday's township board meeting. It was a rippled toroid. Wymer nearly strained his rippling ...

A vast field of shale rock in West Texas could yield 20 billion barrels of oil, making it the largest source of shale oil the U.S. Geological Survey has ever assessed, agency officials said. The ...

A geological formation in western Newfoundland is emerging as a potential solution for industrial decarbonization, offering a pathway to produce low-cost geologic hydrogen while permanently ...

Towering structures must be able to bend and sway when subjected to the forces of wind and ground movement, or they will topple, whether it's a building, a geological formation, tree—or even a cactus.

A groundbreaking study unveils 117-million-year-old mud waves beneath the Atlantic, reshaping our understanding of its formation. These massive structures, sculpted by ancient underwater avalanches, ...

New research reveals how an underwater 'lost city' has been found to be a geological formation.The ancient underwater remains of what was thought to be a long lost Greek city, found close to the ...

The German mining engineer Georgius Agricola (1494-1555) dedicated in his textbook "De re metallica" (1556) an entire chapter to the distribution of valuable rocks in earth's crust. The written ...