Philip Marsden

Whoever imagined that geology was a lifeless subject?

The shifting rocks of Earth’s crust are part of the planet’s ecology just as much as plants and animals, says Marcia Bjornerud – applying to geology the principle of universal connectivity

Rock formations in Coyote Buttes North, Vermillion Cliffs, Arizona. [Getty Images]
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