Geochemistry is a sub-specialty of geology. Geochemist jobs focus on the study the chemical composition of rocks and minerals in order to analyze the earth's changes, determine how to dispose of ...

Geochemists analyze the chemical composition of rocks, gases and mineral deposits to determine how they affect the surface and interior of the earth, and the surrounding environment. They can tell oil ...

Born in Tokyo in 1920, Japanese scientist Katsuko Saruhashi is remembered as one of the pioneers in her field. Among her many achievements include the test she did to show that nuclear test in the ...

The Geologic Time Scale 2012, or GTS2012, is the latest understanding of Earth's history, and the means by which geoscientists around the world investigate the rock record. A Boise State University ...

The sea floor may look barren, but Qi Fu, an experimental geochemist at the University of Houston, says there are places where it is teeming with life. Hydrothermal vents, fissures on the sea bottom ...

KNOXVILLE — As carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere rise, policy makers and scientists are looking at new ways to tackle the problems associated with the greenhouse gas. One method under much ...

EDMONTON — From the coalfields of northern England to the Arctic snows and the steaming jungles of Brazil, diamond hunter and scholar Graham Pearson has carved a name for himself that now lives on in ...

A Boise State University researcher has taken a lead role in developing the most current timetable on Earth's geologic history. Geochemist Mark Schmitz is one of four editors on The Geologic Time ...