The birth of modern geology is said to have started in the 18th century. The introduction of new concepts and thoughts about the Earth was a brave thing to do. Why is that? Because the believeth of ...

I love the Grand Canyon, both personally (because of all the good memories I have of my adventures there), and as a scientist. I first saw it in the early summer of 1981 when I went on a six-week-long ...

I enjoyed reading the Times’ recent articles on the Roaring Fork River. The more we all know and understand our valley’s environment, the better we can appreciate and protect it. However, let’s keep ...

WEST GOSHEN – West Chester University students received a hands-on geology lesson this week. As part of a collaboration, about 30 students and approximately 35 seasoned professionals watched side by ...

Even teachers spend time in summer school. Teachers spent time this week traipsing through Garden of the Gods, touching rocks and learning about such things as alluvial fans, ancestral Rocky Mountains ...

Some years past when I was pulling weeds in my yard, I unearthed a dirt-covered rock. This is not unusual or really worth mentioning except that when I brushed off the dirt, one side unveiled a dark, ...

Bicyclists who take part in next month’s Cycling Scandia event will get a geology lesson in addition to a 15-mile workout. Geologist Dale Setterholm, who retired in February as associate director of ...

It’s South Florida Geology 101 — a class likely avoided or forgotten by many. Too bad, because there is a sobering lesson in the rock, one that promises to become increasingly important if sea rise ...

THE manuscript of this book was left by the late Prof. Green in a somewhat unfinished condition, and the editor was asked to prepare it for the press. The book is described in the preface as being ...

FORT ROCK, Ore. (AP) — If the United States descends into anarchy, and roving tribes of armed highwaymen rule the countryside, the place I’m going to start a new civilization is Fort Rock State ...