Water from both volcanic rocks and deep mantle melted Earth's crust 1.6 billion years ago. This long-lasting melting formed ...

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

Beneath the surface of the United States, the Earth's crust is gradually subsiding, creating a novel geological phenomenon. Scientists from the USA and China have discovered that this may result from ...

New research suggests melting ice sheets are warming global temperatures which may speed up continental drift, creating ...

A study published in Nature on 2 April reveals that Earth's first crust, formed about 4.5 billion years ago, probably had chemical features remarkably like today’s continental crust. This suggests the ...

Learn how a computer simulation demonstrates that tectonic activity may be less slow and steady than previously thought.

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

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown proto-microcontinent, the Davis Strait proto microcontinent, beneath the ...

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

A hidden continent existed under Greenland's ice. Scientists found this lost continental fragment. It is called the Davis ...