The continents we know are not stable entities. According to a study published in Nature Geoscience, their base undergoes ...

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 ...

"These are not random oddities. They are fingerprints of Earth's earliest history." The post Scientists Say Huge Structures ...

For decades, scientists have been baffled by two enormous, enigmatic structures buried deep inside Earth with features so ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden geological process where fragments of continents are slowly stripped from below and swept deep into the oceanic mantle, sparking volcanic activity in unexpected ...

Once inside the oceanic mantle, bits of continents become part of the magma factory that powers ocean volcanoes.

For billions of years, Earth’s continents have stood firm, forming the foundation for mountains, rivers, and life itself. But what gave these massive slabs of rock their remarkable stability has long ...

The Earth may eventually have a new ocean. Tectonic plate movement under a section of Northern Africa could pull the area that is currently Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea away from the rest of the ...

A new study published in Science Advances by researchers from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (GIG-CAS), along with international collaborators, reveals that ...