North America is dripping—with sizable blobs of rock sinking from the underside of the continent, beneath the U.S. Midwest, ...

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The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics ...

Scientists discovered Earth's first crust had continental chemical signatures. This challenges beliefs about when these ...

Science is advancing and with it, fascinating and unique things are being discovered, as has happened in the Pacific Ocean. A group of researchers from ETH Zurich and the Californi ...

The Hadean protocrust formation and early plate tectonics challenged by new study, questioning geological assumptions.

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics.

NASA's SWOT satellite has revealed unseen ocean depths, mapping seafloor features that shape life, currents and tectonics.

When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a landscape with incredible geology. She hears a lot of the same suggestions: ...