Accessible and engaging, ‘Strata’ looks back, way back, at air, ice, mud and heat

In her debut, Portland-based science writer Laura Poppick elegantly makes the case that Earth's ancient geological history is ...
Scientific American

Early Maps of Geologic Strata, an Oliver Sacks Documentary and a New Science Podcast

Strata: William Smith’s Geological Maps edited by the Oxford University Museum of Natural History University of Chicago Press, 2020 ($65) Strata are the ribboned horizontal layers of minerals and ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Seismic Forward Modeling of the Lower Ordovician in the Northwestern Sichuan Basin ()

Yan, M. and Wang, H. (2026) Seismic Forward Modeling of the Lower Ordovician in the Northwestern Sichuan Basin. Journal of ...
New Atlas

When and how humans triggered a new geological epoch

There's no doubt that humans have had a powerful impact on the planet, but some scientists believe the effects are so clear and widespread that our current time period should be declared the dawn of a ...
Salon

Have humans triggered a new geologic era? Geologists disagree if the Anthropocene exists or not

Earth's 4.5 billion year geological history is full of death and rebirth, mass extinctions and explosions of biodiversity, with different periods often marked by cataclysmic changes that radically ...
Daily Mail

'There's more than a billion years that's gone:' Mysterious 'gap' in Grand Canyon's geological record was likely caused by violent quakes when the ancient supercontinent ...

In addition to being one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, the Grand Canyon is a living history book, revealing great geological epochs on its various strata. Now, researchers in Colorado ...