For billions of years, Earth's continents have remained remarkably stable, forming the foundation for mountains, ecosystems ...

New research reveals that Earth’s continents owe their stability to searing heat deep in the planet’s crust. At more than ...

Extreme heat deep in Earth’s crust forged the strong, stable continents that have endured for billions of years.

Models of North China Craton deformation since the middle Jurassic, showing phases of flat slab subduction (a, b) and rollback (c, d). Key: overriding plate (O), downgoing plate (D), trench (T), ...