Uncover 25 disturbing facts about our changing continents. Learn how Earth's restless geology reshapes our world, impacting ...

Earth’s environment is in constant flux. Driven by physical processes, biological processes (now including the effects of human activity), and their interactions, incessant changes occur at virtually ...

Introduction / F.M. Gradstein -- Chronostratigraphy : linking time and rock / F.M. Gradstein, J.G. Ogg and A.G. Smith -- Biostratigraphy : time scales from graphic ...

A landmark study into the geological timescale distribution of sediment and nutrients over 500 million years shows that species biodiversity on Earth is driven by landscape dynamics. Movement of ...

Mercury’s surface might not be quite so terra firma, at least on geologic timescales. Scientists have long suspected that many of Mercury’s signature terrains have been shaped by volcanic debris from ...