Great things can come from failure when it comes to geology. The Midcontinent rift formed about 1.1 billion years ago and ...

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

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

A study of the East African Rift reveals that ancient heating and dehydration can strengthen continental crust, reshaping how and where continents break apart.

Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, and has more than three decades of experience as a business executive. He is a professor of economics and has raised more than $4.5 billion in ...