The ocean plate was once the seafloor of Neotethys — an ocean that formed when the supercontinent Pangaea broke up into a ...

That sounds fake but it isn’t—polymetallic nodules are a real thing that just kind of chill out on the ocean floor ... you can go right in and take the rocks without having a serious impact ...

Waves driven by ocean winds can cause the sandbars here to ... Weathering and erosion slowly chisel, polish, and buff Earth's rock into ever evolving works of art—and then wash the remains ...

A new study in Chile shows how small differences in rock type can drive large differences in erosion, vegetation, and river networks, illuminating the role of mineralogy in shaping landscapes.