A long-lost slab of Earth’s crust may be pulling away the bottom of the oldest part of North America, scientists say ...

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

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

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

A 400-mile funnel under the U.S. Midwest is dragging Earth's crust into the mantle—revealing ancient tectonic forces still ...

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

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 ...

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

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

OKANOGAN, Wash. — A 3.0 magnitude earthquake struck early Wednesday morning near Okanogan. The epicenter was recorded about ...