Covering about two-thirds of the Earth's surface, the marine realm remains one of the last frontiers of human exploration. Marine geology focuses on understanding the structure, history, and ...

The theme for this month's geoscience blog carnival, The Accretionary Wedge, is geological heroes. Callan Bentley of the Mountain Beltway blog is hosting: I invite all participants (geobloggers and ...

The Mesozoic Era, the Age of Dinosaurs, is sometimes also referred to as the Age of Reptiles. Not only were dinosaurs, which were reptiles, all over the continents, but reptiles also ruled the seas.

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Vol. 264, No. 1148 (Feb. 13, 1969), pp. 31-75 (53 pages) A geological reconnaissance has been ...

When University of Delaware professors Doug Miller, Art Trembanis, Craig Cary and Patrick Gaffney first began offering of a series of study abroad trips to New Zealand, they wanted the program to not ...

During the Cenozoic era, warmer oceans harbored more species with similar functional roles, according to a new study, which reveals how ocean temperature shapes biodiversity and biogeographic patterns ...

Submarine canyons are among the most spectacular and fascinating geological formations to be found on our ocean floors, but at an international level, scientists have yet to uncover many of their ...

The Tax Court held that deductibility of “geological and geophysical expenses” under Sec. 167(h) is not limited to taxpayers that own oil and gas interests. For the same reason, the expenses could be ...

Ask a college student what their plans are for life after graduation, and you would likely come up with one of two answers: “I have no idea,” or “get a job.” In the face of an increasingly ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, Stanford researchers have measured how the abundance of ocean life has changed over the past half-billion years of Earth's history. NOAA is forecasting this summer's Gulf ...

PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY: The collecting of data -- Composition and properties of sea water -- Ice in the sea -- Movements of sea water -- THE SEA BASINS: The shapes of sea basins -- The evolution of sea ...