These layers are hundreds of feet thick and are thought to have formed roughly 3.7 billion years ago, under warmer and wetter ...

Dust and groundwater contaminated with heavy metals and radioactive chemicals pose a health threat that the authorities have ...

Thick clay deposits on Mars hint at long-lived lakes that may have sheltered early life - and preserved clues beneath layers ...

Researchers at the universities of Amsterdam and Utrecht have observed the formation of nanocavities in montmorillonite clay under exposure to gamma-aminobutyric acid, a molecule commonly found on ...

For clay-based structures like the ones Ramjit is building, being raised off the ground is a necessity to protect the clay from absorbing too much moisture from the earth. Repurposing waste ...

Microbes have been discovered alive inside 2-billion-year-old rock, offering a rare window into Earth’s deep past. Found in ...

Now New Earth Clay Pottery is on the corner of 4th and Main Street in Brownville. The shop operates out of a big, yellow house that was built in 1863.

China dominates the global rare earths industry—and it’s not even close. A fight is already underway to lay claim to this sunken island’s natural riches.

A surprising discovery by Dutch scientists could offer new clues about how life began on Earth. Researchers from the ...

Houses in Trinidad are being built with clay, grass, upcycled plastic and glass to make them more climate resilient. ... built to be easily returned to the earth and rebuilt when needed.