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“Pretty Close to Home”: The Hidden Earthquake Threat Beneath Seattle

A new study in GSA Bulletin aims to better determine how often and where faults trigger earthquakes beneath central Seattle. In the Pacific Northwest, major fault systems such as t...

The Tri-State Gem and Mineral Society's Annual Spring Rock Show!

File photo. (AP Images)The Tri-State Gem and Mineral Society presents its Annual Spring Rock Show during the weekend of May 15 – 17.  Attendees can browse bead jewelry, learn to id...

Geologists Reveal the Americas Collided Earlier Than We Thought

A new geological study reshapes the timeline of a major tectonic collision that helped form the Andes, suggesting key events occurred earlier than long assumed. A study in Earth an...

UNESCO International Geoscience Programme turns focus to Latin America and the Caribbean

Jointly administered and funded by UNESCO and the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS)—the Council approved its project portfolio for 2026 and launched a new dedicated...

Baffling Geologists for 150 Years: New Study Finally Solves Green River Mystery

New research may have solved a long-standing geological mystery in the United States that has puzzled scientists for more than 150 years. Scientists have spent more than a century...

Geologist Mike Kaplan Named 2026 Guggenheim Fellow

Kaplan studies the ways ice sheets, mountain glaciers, climates and landscapes changed in the past.

Did a Massive Fault Shape the Canadian Rockies? A New Geological Idea Explained

‘The most lasting legacy:’ Famed Alberta mantle geochemist namesake of new mineral

From the coalfields of northern England to the Arctic snows and the steaming jungles of Brazil, Graham Pearson has carved a name for himself that now lives on in rock.