It’s official — you’re living in a new age. It’s called the Meghalayan, and geologists say it's marked by a 'mega-drought' and the collapse of civilizations 4,200 years ago.

For the past two decades, geologists have wrestled with whether humans have changed the planet enough to kick off a completely new epoch in geological time called the Anthropocene. Now, a ...

Understanding the geologic time scale and how to organize Earth’s history into a coherent timeline. MS-LS4-1: Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, ...

- Understanding the geologic time scale and how to organize Earth’s history into a coherent timeline. MS-LS4-1: Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence ...