Spotted Lake is a soda lake that evaporates every summer, leaving a white crust with circular brine pools that can appear ...

Our planet was born around 4.5 billion years ago. To understand this mind-bendingly long history, we need to study rocks and the minerals they are made of. The oldest rocks in Australia, which are ...

A University of Toronto study suggests why giant gold and copper deposits are found at some volcanoes but not others, a finding that could point prospectors to large deposits of these and other ...

Chris Kirkland receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia. Andreas Zametzer does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive ...