Beneath the turquoise waters of the South Pacific hides a massive secret—Zealandia, a sunken landmass stretching nearly two ...

Silfra Fissure in Iceland, located in Þingvellir National Park, offers a unique opportunity to swim or snorkel between the ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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 in continents.

A study published in the journal Nature Geoscience has revealed a subtle yet significant phenomenon beneath the North ...

Explore how North America is changing as its deep cratonic root thins and pieces are dripping into the Earth's mantle.

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