Scientists have discovered that a portion of the North American craton is slowly dripping into Earth's mantle, challenging ...

New Curtin-led research has revealed that water played a far bigger role than previously thought in shaping Earth's first ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

Scientists have long thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see ...

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

Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research ...

Geologists have made certain assumptions about how the crust making up our planet's earliest surface formed, but a new study ...

Earth’s earliest crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, has long been thought to have lacked the complex chemical features ...

A recent study challenges previous geological assumptions, revealing that Earth's initial protocrust closely resembled the ...

This week, researchers reported on nine rivers and lakes in the Americas that defy hydrologic expectations. Geologists report ...