A glance at any geological map of Europe will show the reader how the Belgian island stretched gradually in a southwesterly direction during the Permian epoch, approaching the coast of France by ...

When hurricanes and large coastal storms hit coastal communities, the beaches and dunes are the first line of defense for many areas, providing a natural barrier between the ocean and inland ...

As humans make fires on the beach, far-flung plastic that has washed up there melts and fuses permanently with volcanic rocks and sand. Geologists believe these hybrids of human and natural activity ...

Francis Thackeray has received funding from the National Research Foundation. In the century since the Taung Child was found and described, a great debate has developed about the geological ages of ...