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From the hands-on activities to the music playing in the background, the rock was the star of the show at Lake Metroparks’ Rock Around the Park open house. Held at Jordan Creek Park in Concord ...

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Tiny zircon crystals are revealing that Earth’s earliest history may have included surprisingly complex tectonic activity.

Discover how rocks, minerals & the rock cycle change your world. Join the Science Trek team to explore rocks and minerals! Discover how the Earth formed, the three types of rocks, the rock cycle, and ...

Rocks, particularly the types created by volcanic activity, play a critical role in keeping Earth’s long-term climate stable and cycling carbon dioxide between land, oceans, and the atmosphere. In ...

While many rocks don’t burn, some of them do. It depends on what the rocks are made of – and that’s related to how they were formed. Rocks that burn when they get heated up are combusting. This means ...

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Ancient rocks tell us plenty about the history of the Earth, but they also may harbour hints of billion-year-old cosmic encounters with mysterious dark matter. Dark matter makes up 85 per cent of ...

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is recommending changes to a 151-year-old law that governs mining for copper, gold and other hard rock minerals on U.S.-owned lands, including making companies ...