Mars, a planet once capable of sustaining liquid water and harboring flowing rivers, today stands as a frozen desert. For ...

By discovering carbonate rocks, NASA's Mars rovers may have unlocked the key to understanding the fate of the Red Planet's climate.

The carbon dioxide that results from respiration in and around deep roots is an essential component in the chemical ...

Lundy often is known as “the rock guy” due to his participation in educational outreach, local rock and mineral organizations ...

These results suggest the existence of a process recycling marine carbon into Earth's mantle, which could contribute to ...

By confirming the age of these rocks, and that they might just be the oldest rocks on Earth, we’re finally opening the door ...

The gold standard for determining the age of ancient rocks is measuring the radioactive decay of isotopes of uranium into lead in minerals known as zircons. But not all rocks contain zircons, so ...

In 2008 scientists reported that rocks in Canada were the world’s oldest. New data appear to confirm this contested claim ...