geology

Researchers Discover What Became of a Lost Continent, Now Hidden Under the Adriatic Sea

By Madeleine Carlisle

Scientists: 2018 Will Be a Bad Year for Earthquakes

By Jeffrey Kluger

North Korea's Nuke Tests Could Be Changing Its Geology

By Billy Perrigo

Scientists May Have Found the Oldest Life on Earth

By Justin Worland
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New Zealand Might Be Part of a Lost Continent

Geologists think it should be part of an eighth continent: Zealandia

By Kate Samuelson

Found: A Lost Continent! (Really)

It's been hiding beneath the Indian Ocean all this time

By Jeffrey Kluger

A Once-Devastating Supervolcano Might Be Waking Up

An eruption could wreak havoc on the lives of a million people in Naples

By Justin Worland

Can There Be Too Much Transparency in Government?

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute

The U.S.'s New Earthquake Capital: Oklahoma

Photographer John Francis Peters captures how the ground is shifting—both seismically and politically—in Oklahoma

By Josh Sanburn

Massive Fissure Opens Up In Wyoming Earth

"The Crack" is 100-feet deep in places and it is still growing

By Sam Frizell

See the Massive Mountain on Dwarf Planet Ceres

It's just a bit shorter than Mt. Everest

By Jeffrey Kluger

Washington D.C. Is Sinking Into the Ocean

Not just metaphorically

By Tessa Berenson Rogers

See Impact Craters On Earth From Space

Meteors don't usually make it through Earth's dense atmosphere—until they do. When that happens they can leave a geological scar behind. Here are some of the biggest planetary wounds as seen from orbit.

By TIME Photo

New Google Doodle Honors Pioneering Seismologist Inge Lehmann

“You should know how many incompetent men I had to compete with — in vain"

By Kevin McSpadden

Massive Lava Chamber Discovered at Yellowstone

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown reservoir

By Sarah Begley

Surprising Discovery From Really Old Moon Rocks

Samples from Apollo 17, the final lunar landing, tell a violent tale of the early solar system

By Michael D. Lemonick

Major Earthquake Rattles New Zealand Close to Christchurch

Kiwis experience a tremulous start to their morning

By TIME Staff

Vast Subterranean Ocean May Explain Seas' Origin

Geologists have found a vast body of water deep below earth's surface and say it is evidence that oceans came from water inside the planet that seeped to the surface

By Melissa Hellmann

The Earth Is Changing Rapidly. Can We Change Too?

On Earth Day, we celebrate a planet that has nurtured human life. But it wasn't always so nice—and as the climate changes, it may get worse

By Bryan Walsh

Mudslide Risk Isn't Limited to Northwest U.S.

There was plenty of warning before the deadly Washington landslide. Why didn't it help?

By Bryan Walsh
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