Relations thaw as opposing sides vote on what to call latest geological period. After more than 150 years of conflict, geologists have taken a small step towards agreeing what to call the time we live ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The guardians of the world’s official geological timescale have firmly rejected a ...

Jurassic, Pleistocene, Precambrian. The named times in Earth’s history might inspire mental images of dinosaurs, trilobites, or other enigmatic animals unlike anything in our modern world. Labels like ...

Humanity’s influence on the moon is so great that we should define a new geological epoch, just as we are doing on Earth with the creation of the Anthropocene, researchers argue. We should also create ...

POCATELLO — For the past 10 years, Idaho State University professor Bruce Finney has been contributing research toward finding an answer to a world-wide question that’s been a fiery topic of debate ...