Beneath the American Midwest, part of the continent is gradually losing its foundation. This slow geological phenomenon, ...

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

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Beneath the American Midwest, on the continent of North America, the underside of Earth's crust is dripping into the ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we associate with modern continents. This means the telltale fingerprints of ...

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics.

Earth is the only known planet which has plate tectonics today. The constant movement of these giant slabs of rock over the ...

Scientists have warned that the crust of the Earth beneath the US is 'dripping' away, which sounds quite concerning but is ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

Professor Emeritus Simon Turner from the Faculty of Science and Engineering at ... "Our research shows this fingerprint existed in Earth's very first crust, the protocrust—meaning those theories ...