Recent scientific investigations have revealed that a significant portion of Earth’s crust has disappeared over millions of ...
A study led by researchers from the University of Sydney and the University of Adelaide has revealed how the breakup of an ...
Extreme heat forged Earth’s continents billions of years ago, creating the stable foundation that made life possible.
Extreme heat deep in Earth’s crust forged the strong, stable continents that have endured for billions of years.
Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...
New research reveals that Earth’s continents owe their stability to searing heat deep in the planet’s crust. At more than ...
At a busy street crossing, people wait for the signal to change. When one person steps out first, others soon follow. Scientists in Amsterdam have found that this same kind of behavior happens at a ...
About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into what is now Mexico, forming the Chicxulub crater. This impact wiped out ...
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Millions of years before blue oceans and wandering continents, the Earth in its early days was a molten, tumultuous planet — ...