Deep beneath the surface of our planet, from the Himalayas to East Africa and from the Atlantic seafloor to the Indian Ocean, ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in ...

The idea that extreme heat could one day cause a mass extinction and end the dominance of humans is not as farfetched as it ...

New Curtin-led research has revealed that water played a far bigger role than previously thought in shaping Earth's first ...

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth’s early geological history, challenging beliefs about how our continents formed and when plate tectonics began. A study ...

It’s long been thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see in ...

Scientists have discovered that a portion of the North American craton is slowly dripping into Earth's mantle, challenging ...

But don't worry, the continent isn't about to collapse. These are incredibly slow geological processes, happening over ...

Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.

Scientists have long thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see ...