Over a period of three months to three years, compounds like calcium, uric acid and bits of organic matter coalesce into the crystallized structure we know as the kidney stone. This formation process, ...

Using advanced computational models, researchers explain how the North China Craton, an ancient and stable geological structure, is falling apart BEIJING, Nov. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cratons are ...

New research led by Macquarie University earth scientist Dr. Chunfei Chen sheds new light on geological processes from up to three billion years ago and marks a significant shift in the scientific ...

TORONTO, ON - Geoscientists at the University of Toronto (U of T) and Istanbul Technical University have discovered a new process in plate tectonics which shows that tremendous damage occurs to areas ...

Mountain building, also known as orogenesis, is a geological process that involves the formation and uplift of large, elevated landforms, known as mountains. The term "orogenesis" comes from Greek ...

Under the Sierra Nevada in California, scientists have observed a rare phenomenon that sheds light on the dynamics of the Earth's crust. The rocks of the lithosphere, denser than the underlying mantle ...

A team of researchers at MIT has now developed a novel approach to producing ammonia without the reliance on traditional ...

Almost 20 years ago, New Scientist ran a feature called “Imagine Earth without people”, a thought experiment about what would happen to our planet over thousands of years if humanity suddenly ...

As the primary element of life on our planet, carbon is constantly journeying from living creatures down into the Earth's crust and back up into the atmosphere, but until recently, quantifying this ...