Natural cement found in industrial waste reacts with ocean water to form rocks in just 35 years, instead of millions.

Sedimentary rock is comprised of sediment, as the name suggests. Over time, tiny minerals, sand, rocks, and debris layer on ...

Geology Scientists think a hidden source of clean energy could power Earth for 170,000 years — and they've figured out the 'recipe' to ... revealing an entirely new "anthropoclastic rock cycle." ...

The research, which documents a so-called "rapid anthropoclastic rock cycle," has been reported in the journal Geology. This rock cycle seems to mimic the natural processes of rock formation, but ...

As detailed in a study published April 10 in the journal Geology, the researchers claim to be the first to fully document and date a complete “rapid anthropoclastic rock cycle” on land: ...

The waste material humans are producing in creating the modern world is going to have an "irreversible impact on our future".

Industrial waste is turning into rock in "decades", much faster than the millions of years it is thought to take for it to form naturally, according to research carried out along the Cumbrian coast.

Industrial waste is turning into rock in decades, much faster than the millions of years it is thought to take for it to form naturally, research has shown. An aluminium drinks can tab made since ...

Understanding geology is critical to studying paleontology because fossils are preserved in rock. The characteristics of the rocks that hold fossils can be as informative as the fossils themselves.

The researchers have documented a new “rapid anthropoclastic rock cycle” Sign up to our Scotsman Rural News - A weekly of the Hay's Way tour of Scotland emailed direct to you. Did you know ...