Whether sedimentary rocks store fossil hydrocarbons or act as impermeable layers to prevent the rise of oil, natural gas or ...

Clean-energy rules carry new taxes and stiff penalties. In Paris, flunking an energy-efficiency inspection exacts a hefty ...

Sedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral or organic particles at Earth's surface, followed by cementation. Sedimentation is the collective name ...

The movement of tectonic plates shapes the rocky features of Earth's surface. Plates' convergence can form mountain ranges or ...

Manganese-rich sandstones discovered by NASA’s Curiosity rover indicate there were once habitable conditions in the Gale ...

A complex mixture of human and geological factors mean that this stunningly beautiful peninsula of seaside Southern ...

Imagine walking through a dusty, arid landscape when you stumble upon a seemingly ordinary rock. Its rough exterior might not catch the eye, but what lies within surely will. Geodes are one of ...

The results suggest that the sediments were formed in a river, delta, or near the shoreline of an ancient, habitable lake on ...

The Curiosity Mars rover has detected intriguing chemical evidence, in the form of anomalous amounts of manganese oxide, ...

In Heidi Reimer’s debut novel, “The Mother Act,” a daughter grapples with being parented (or not) by an actress who happily ...

Analyst expects price differential between oil from Western Canadian Sedimentary basin and WTI to narrow, perhaps to under ...