Most Read This Week In Geology

Geology is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change. Geology can also refer generally to the study of the solid features of any celestial body (such as the geology of the Moon or Mars).

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Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds

A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters

The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives

Stalactite & Stalagmite: A Big Tale from a Little Cave

Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks

A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters

Ends of the Earth: Journeys to the Polar Regions in Search of Life, the Cosmos, and Our Future

Egg Marks the Spot (Skunk and Badger, #2)

Ms. Adventure: My Wild Explorations in Science, Lava, and Life

The Deepest Map: The High-Stakes Race to Chart the World's Oceans

Beasts Before Us: The Untold Story of Mammal Origins and Evolution

The Red Planet: A Natural History of Mars

Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond

California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric--and What It Means for America's Power Grid

Mountains of Fire: The Menace, Meaning, and Magic of Volcanoes

London Clay: Journeys into the Deep City

Locked in Time: Animal Behavior Unearthed in 50 Extraordinary Fossils

Impact: How Rocks from Space Led to Life, Culture, and Donkey Kong

How the Mountains Grew: A New Geological History of North America

Ground Truth: A Geological Survey of a Life

The Age of Dinosaurs: The Rise and Fall of the World’s Most Remarkable Animals

Remnants of Ancient Life: The New Science of Old Fossils

A World Without Soil: The Past, Present, and Precarious Future of the Earth Beneath Our Feet

Subterranea: Journey into the Depths of the Earth’s Most Extraordinary Underground Spaces

Dust: The Modern World in a Trillion Particles

When the Sahara Was Green: How Our Greatest Desert Came to Be

Volcanoes: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Ocean Speaks: How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean's Biggest Secret

Meteorite: The Stones from Outer Space That Made Our World

Adventures in Volcanoland: What Volcanoes Tell Us About the World and Ourselves

The Cambrian Period: The History and Legacy of the Start of Complex Life on Earth

The Book of Unconformities: Speculations on Lost Time

The Greywacke: How a Priest, a Soldier and a Schoolteacher Uncovered 300 Million Years of History

The Jurassic Period: The History and Legacy of the Geologic Era Most Associated with Dinosaurs

Fire and Ice: The Volcanoes of the Solar System

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“ Ahead and to the west was our ranger station - and the mountains of Idaho, poems of geology stretching beyond any boundaries and seemingly even beyond the world. ”
― Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories

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“ On the geological calendar, all of recorded history takes place during the last four seconds of New Year's Eve. 12:59:56, 12:59:57, 12:59:58, 12:59:59. When scaled down, everything humans know about anything, everything we love, everything we've made - condensed into four seconds. We come and go in the amount of time it takes to uncap a bottle of water and take a sip, sign on the dotted line, or fasten a seat belt. ...more ”
― Hali Felt, Soundings: The Story of the Remarkable Woman Who Mapped the Ocean Floor

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