Locate construction materials such as sand and gravel. Identify groundwater aquifers. Provide data about subsurface stability and risks. Evaluate sites for waste disposal facilities. Locate natural ...

The Department of Geology has changed its name to the Department of Earth Sciences to better reflect the breath of its work.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The University at Buffalo Department of Geology is about much more than rocks and minerals. Its faculty and ...

Thanks to climate change, thawing permafrost in the Canadian Arctic has revealed the buried remnant of a glacier that’s 770,000 years old.

Seismic technology has revealed secrets of the Earth from a million years ago. During the Mid-Pleistocene Transition (MPT), the Earth adopted a 100,000-year glacial-interglacial cycle compared to the ...

Also, various scientific instruments will be installed which can tell what changes are taking place in the glacier lakes,” he said. Former scientist from Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology ...