Mountain building, also known as orogenesis, is a geological process that involves the formation and uplift of large, elevated landforms, known as mountains. The term "orogenesis" comes from Greek ...

SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to explore how CZU Lightning Complex fire victims rebuilding their homes could be relieved of geologic hazard ...

Esti Ukar (left) and Toti Larson are leading a project to produce geologic hydrogen from rocks. They are both researchers at the Bureau of Economic Geology, a research unit of the UT Jackson School of ...

Although dolomite is relatively plentiful in rocks older than 100 million years, scientists have been unable to replicate the geologic process in the lab—until now. Using a transmission electron ...

Climate change is accelerating continental rifting, the geological process where landmasses slowly pull apart. According to a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports, the East African ...

Now you don't see it. Now, you do. And now you don't see it again. Astronomers have discovered a bright, mysterious geologic object – where one never existed – on Cassini mission radar images of ...

The Strait of Hormuz is narrow waterway connecting the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. It’s also a geological marvel where you can see evidence of the collision of two continents, says Mike Searle, ...