Closely related to the history of sedimentary rocks are the age of the Earth as an astronomical body and the evolution of the planetary system. We shall see from the discussion of the following ...

The origins of life on Earth have long fascinated scientists, particularly the nature of the last universal common ancestor ...

The ring might have acted like a giant sunshade, causing a cooling effect that might have unleashed an ice age.

The official history of Earth has a new chapter - and we are in it. Geologists have classified the last 4,200 years as being a distinct age in the story of our planet. They are calling it the ...

The world's oldest rocks are spread across the globe and paint a picture of Earth's turbulent early history. Here are some of the most notable and important formations scientists have discovered.

The extraction of iron, which led to the Iron Age, is a chemical process which ... out the time-scale of some of the major events in Earth history and developments in science and technology.

Supplementary resources are available online, making this an invaluable reference for researchers, graduate students, professional geoscientists and anyone interested in the geological history of the ...

A team of 16 scientists and support staffers spent four summers drilling through Antarctic ice until they finally reached bedrock. To accomplish their goal, they endured average temperatures of -25.6 ...

The asteroid hit Yarrabubba in Western Australia about 2.2 billion years ago - making the crater about half the age of Earth ... and you lose that early Earth history". The timing of the impact ...