Weathering and erosion slowly chisel ... Without the erosive forces of water, wind, and ice, rock debris would simply pile up where it forms and obscure from view nature's weathered sculptures.

An unusual pattern of tiny rock tunnels, first found in Namibia's desert roughly 15 years ago, could be the work of an ...

For most organisms on Earth, rocks are objects, not food. But for one oddball microbe, desert limestone seems to have been on ...

Look at the diagram to get a better understanding of all the different processes of the rock cycle. These include weathering, erosion, transportation and sedimentation. Substances in river water ...

It’s a process akin to weathering: the breakdown or dissolution of rocks and minerals on the surface of Earth. It’s caused by ...

Dust and rocks residing on the surface of the ... human space missions and the possible role of space weathering in forming some of the water on the moon. Most previous studies of the moon ...