Within only a few moments, a catastrophic avalanche, volcano, earthquake or tsunami could kill every living creature nearby. It would be impossible to predict these natural disasters and mitigate ...

Marvin, a trailblazer in more ways than one, surveys the Antarctic terrain on her meteorite-hunting expedition of 1978-79. Smithsonian Archives At the age of 57, geologist Ursula Marvin traveled to ...

In 2016, a remarkable discovery took place deep beneath the surface of a Canadian mine, where Professor Barbara Sherwood Lollar and her team uncovered the oldest water ever found on Earth. The water, ...

“Society as a whole is unable to think on anything like geologic time scales,” says Marcia Bjornerud. “Or even decadal time scales.” It’s clear that we need to think long-term about climate and the ...

Off the Atlantic coast of France, a retired geologist scanning the seabed for routine coastal data instead stumbled onto a 400 foot long stone barrier sitting 30 feet below the waves. The structure, ...