"You need so much water that we think these could be evidence of an ancient warmer and wetter climate where there was rain falling for millions of years." ...

New research may have solved an American mystery which has baffled geologists for a century and a half: How did a river carve ...

This makes the story of how the Green and Colorado Rivers met so perplexing to geologists like Adam Smith at Scotland’s University of Glasgow. According to the coauthor of his team’s study published ...

Deep beneath the Earth's surface, in the pores and crevices of rock, live huge communities of microorganisms. They are invisible to the naked eye—yet they play a central role in the quality of our ...

Millions of years ago, the Green River carved a path through the Uinta Mountains instead of flowing around the formation. Now ...

This aligns with preexisting estimates of when the river probably carved through the Uinta Mountains—creating a canyon that today is 2,297 feet (700 meters) deep—and joined the Colorado system. In ...

Rivers leave measurable height signatures that satellites can track, helping scientists detect erosion and flood risks sooner ...

We show how this "cosmic clock" uncovers the evolution of rivers, coasts and habitats.

Scientists have found compelling new evidence that humans, not glaciers, brought Stonehenge’s bluestones to the site. Using ...

The Wapsipinicon and Rock rivers in our area remain under flood warnings until further notice thanks to high water levels combined with ice jam activity. The National Weather Service says Rock and ...