The most common process by which limestone caves form involves carbonic acid — or weakly acidic groundwater — as the primary agent. When carbonic acid contacts limestone, it dissolves minerals in the ...

The Pentagon and other well-known buildings all over the world were built using materials made from microbes that lived about 200 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period when dinosaurs still ...

Scientists discovered ancient micro-burrows in desert rocks likely made by microbes millions of years ago, though their exact ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Planting trees has often been seen as a way to combat climate change, but recent research suggests that this method of carbon sequestration isn’t ...

SAN ANGELO — The Texas-Australia Rock Company recently began producing reconstituted limestone blocks in San Angelo. Brian Barbee, owner and senior director of the company, explains everything you ...