Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Jun 27, 2025, 08:03am EDT Jun 28, 2025, 10:01am EDT Iron-rich ...

Roughly 2.5–2 billion years ago, Earth's surface experienced the biggest chemical change in its history when oxygen became ...

Ancient, expansive tracts of continental crust called cratons have helped keep Earth's continents stable for billions of years, even as landmasses shift, mountains rise and oceans form. A new ...

A team of Johns Hopkins researchers is using an innovative X-ray imaging approach to reveal how compression reshapes the tiny spaces and stresses within sandstone—findings that could predict how this ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Jan 08, 2025, 02:54pm EST Jan 09, 2025, 12:23pm EST A new ...

The geological processes that create rocks usually take place over thousands if not millions of years. With the help of a coin and a soda can tab, researchers have identified rocks in England that ...