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 ...

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.

Rocks loafing about on the surface of Mars have been harboring secrets about the red planet's mysterious past.

Since physical and chemical erosion yield comparable carbon fluxes, studying both together is essential to avoid biases in erosion-driven carbon flux estimates.

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 ...