Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and life sciences (including physics, chemistry, biology, ecology, soil science, geology, and geography) to the ...

SUNY Cortland’s Geology Department has a new major, environmental geoscience, that’s ideal for students who are interested in studying earth science and environmental issues. “Our majors can work with ...

The internal combustion engine is less than 100 years old. Same for the technologies we have developed to pull oil and gas from the ground. It’s hard to imagine life without our cars and planes and ...

Thundereggs look like regular rocks from the outside, but contain intricate and colorful mineral patterns inside — often made ...

To outsiders, geology can seem as dull as a rock, with a lexicon just as opaque, but to insiders, it is a limitless source of wonder. Various authors have used different tools to crack open geology’s ...

Geologic mapping has been one of the most fundamental mandates of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) since its establishment in 1879. Congress created the USGS to “classify the public lands and examine ...

Orrin Pilkey, James B. Duke professor emeritus of geology, is remembered as a longtime advocate for research-informed coastal management, a nationally recognized science communicator and a unifying ...

The balloon was floating over the Pacific Ocean when the first sound waves hit. For 11 seconds, a tiny device dangling beneath the large, transparent balloon recorded sudden, jerky fluctuations in air ...

The internal combustion engine is less than 100 years old. Same for the technologies we have developed to pull oil and gas from the ground. It’s hard to imagine life without our cars and planes and ...