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 ...

Two enormous structures that sit at the border between the Earth's mantle and its core have puzzled scientists for decades.

Something vast is lurking beneath our feet—so immense and anomalous that scientists are rethinking what qualifies as the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...