Relative dating puts geologic events in chronological order ... they do not reveal the relative ages of rocks preserved in two different areas. In this case, fossils can be useful tools for ...

The US Geological Survey (USGS) has released its first map of potential geologic hydrogen reserves in the United States, while Plug Power has secured a $1.66 billion US government loan guarantee ...

Geologic Time is a crucial concept to understanding the history of the earth—including the evolution of life. Many different representations of the timeline have been created, and many approaches ...

Discover what the National Academies are doing in various topic areas to strengthen the fields of science ... both the demonstrated and underdeveloped potential of the deep-time geologic record to ...

For 600,000 years during the tail end of the Miocene epoch, the Mediterranean was a dried-up salt plain cut off from the Atlantic Ocean. Around 5.3 million years ago, the eastern and western ...

From the field to the lab, measurement and analysis will drive advancements in water supply maintenance, natural resource management, disaster mitigation, infrastructure design, and many other areas.