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Geodes

From the sun-baked deserts to the pixelated worlds of video games, geodes captivate our imagination with their…

Plate tectonics is the unifying theory of modern geology. It describes the large-scale motion of Earth’s lithosphere—the…

Introduction Before the rise of plate tectonics, it was one of the central ideas used to explain…

The Earth beneath us may seem solid and immovable, but geologists know it hides a complex and…

Geology is, in many ways, a detective story written in stone. The clues that tell us how…

Mass extinctions are the dramatic punctuation marks in the history of life on Earth, moments when vast…

When you think of diamonds, you might imagine glittering jewelry, extravagant proposals, or even Hollywood red carpets.…

Have you ever looked at a mountain and wondered how old it is? Or picked up a…

Imagine standing on a remote hillside, hammer in hand, notebook stuffed with strike-and-dip readings, and a mind…

Many of us picture rocks, fossils, and perhaps a scientist chipping away at a cliff face when…