UB earth sciences students develop valuable fieldwork skills during a trip to New Hampshire to study igneous rocks and volcanic landscapes.

There's a strange slice of Planet Earth deep below the Pacific Ocean near Easter Island which may explain the East Pacific Rise, the world's fastest spreading ocean ridge, according to scientists.

The shape of the Earth's oceans and continents is dictated inexorable movements of the tectonic plates, but where did those ...

For millions of years, scientists believed the rift between Africa and Asia had ceased its tectonic pull. But recent findings ...

By harvesting simple rock from local farms and property, a Massachusetts craftsman slices them, grinds them and finishes them ...