The Anthropocene (The Age of Humans) has been proposed as a new geological epoch after or within the Holocene, and, if formalized, would be the first to be introduced based on geologically observable ...

Yellowstone National Park's geological history is one of the most intensely studied in North America. A new geologic unit ...

Geologists measure time in eons, eras, periods, epochs and ages. They propose we have moved from the Holocene Epoch, which started about 11,700 years ago at the end of an ice age to the ...

A further issue is that, unlike most of the other 70-plus golden spike sites that define the many geologic time periods, the nine candidates in the running to mark the start of the Anthropocene ...

A panel of experts voted down a proposal to officially declare the start of a new interval of geologic time, one defined by humanity’s changes to the planet.

In geology, even small layers can tell big stories. But figuring out the origins of such small layers can be a challenge, ...

Canada's Crawford Lake may hold evidence that humans have fundamentally changed Earth enough to have started the Anthropocene, a new chapter in geologic time.

Time will tell: Geoscientists develop tool to chronicle unexplained gaps in the rock record by Mary-Ann Muffoletto, Utah State University Editors' notes ...

This newly redesigned space at the Natural History Museum in London traces 540 million years of the past while creating an outdoor laboratory for the future.

With summer in full swing, now’s the perfect time to talk to your doctor about those heavy periods.

The KING 5 Investigators surveyed 31 western Washington school districts and found that most are woefully short of the recommended time for lunch.