geology

Eyewire Goes Spelunking: Marathon Results

Woohoo, we managed to finish the Karst Marathon in 5 hours and 16 minutes! This small but mighty cell came in at …

Karst is a fascinating type of landscape that contains caves, sinkholes, and underground rivers. Karst caves are also called “solution” caves, and …

Sea caves form around a rocky coast line, where the ocean etches away at the cliff face in a process called mechanical …

You probably remember stalactites and stalagmites from school – (remember “c” for “ceiling,” and “g” for “ground). But let’s try exploring another …

While many caves form by the slow erosion of minerals over time, lava tubes are a speedy form of cave creation. These …

Spelunking is a colloquial term for the hobby of cave diving. In the UK and Ireland it is also known as “potholing” …

Thanks for rockin’ with us all week long on our geological journey! At HQ we loved the opportunity to delve deep into …

Somehow, in the span of only 24 hours, the whole lifetime of planet Earth flashed before our eyes. Phew! What a marathon. …

The closing bell has sounded! That’s a wrap! And as the dust clears… it appears Team Mesozoic has carried the day! That …

So far we’ve been taking a look at recent geological history with the Cenozoic Era and the earlier Mesozoic. Even just these …

The science of geology has been instrumental for humankind to learn about the history of Earth, from how our planet was formed …

If you’ll forgive us another play on words, geology is an absolute goldmine of cool facts, shiny objects, and special terminology. Pretty …