Atmos reports on the significance of understanding rocks to address climate issues.

With 23 faculty members, our undergraduate and graduate course offerings and research interests span a broad array of earth and planetary sciences. Situated within the Rocky Mountains, our Department ...

Geology (or, more properly these days, geosciences) is a field that most incoming first-year students have little experience with. Maybe they had a rock collection, or maybe they took AP environmental ...

There’s a whole world of discovery in the ground beneath your feet. From the shifting of tectonic plates to the eruption of volcanoes, learn about the Earth and >all of the natural processes that have ...

You never know where your major in geology or environmental geosciences at Bucknell will take you next. You might trek across the Southwest on a spring break field trip or accompany your professor for ...

The record-breaking mission offers an unprecedented opportunity to study the geology of our planet’s largest layer.

When clayey materials are compressed and sheared, they commonly develop a 'scaly fabric' wherein the clay is divided by braided shear surfaces into lentil-shaped chips. Although such scaly fabrics are ...

Geology studies students gain a deep understanding and appreciation of the Earth: its resources, structure, processes and history. Our faculty and staff research minerals, sediments, rocks, fossils, ...

The connection between geology and the history of the Civil War has fascinated some researchers. Now they take history, military history in particular, a step deeper -- into the geology beneath the ...

Geology students are the happiest with their degrees according to the National Student Survey, which polls university students across UK colleges and universities for satisfaction in their school and ...

Bob Whisonant is a Civil War buff with a peculiar way of looking at the Civil War. If you ask him to talk about, say, the Battle of Antietam, he might begin, “Well, it all started 500 million years ...

Cemeteries not only provide a peaceful place to contemplate and commemorate the dead. They provide refuges for insects, wildlife, lichens and flowering plants, and are wonderful repositories for the ...