The field’s governing body ratified a vote by scientists on the contentious issue, ending a long effort to update the timeline of Earth’s history. By Raymond Zhong The highest governing body in ...

A panel of experts voted down a proposal to officially declare the start of a new interval of geologic time, one defined by humanity’s changes to the planet. By Raymond Zhong The Triassic was the dawn ...

Geological time, generally considered as a system of eras, periods and epochs materialized in rock strata, might actually follow a simple and unifying model. Indeed, a new study led by physicist Shaun ...