(Gray News) – Scientists say humankind’s influence on the natural world has reached a new level as a new type of sedimentary rocks partially formed from plastic has been discovered. This new rock has ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The rock cycle naturally takes thousands to millions of years, but scientists just identified a new form of rock that cements in under four decades.

Camp Fire staff recently presented Camp Fire’s “Geology Rocks” program to Erin Willgohs’ third-grade class at St. Paul School, Salem. Students learned about different types of rocks, how they are ...

While landscaping brings greenery to many people’s minds, rocks are an important part of landscaping, too. Perhaps more accurately a hardscaping element, the various types of landscaping rocks add a ...

If you draw with a pencil, you can tell how soft the graphite inside is. Pieces of graphite break off to leave the pencil mark. But can you imagine drawing with a diamond? Diamonds and graphite are ...

Sedimentary rocks are made up of pieces of older rocks (igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary) and organic remains (shells, bone, etc.). When rocks break apart from erosion they are transported by ...

I’ve been thinking about granite a lot recently; primarily because we have been covering plate tectonics in my AP Environmental Science class. Granite figures prominently in this discussion because ...

The rock cycle naturally takes thousands to millions of years, but scientists just identified a new form of rock that cements in under four decades. Researchers believe the natural cements found in ...