With a computer rendering, he helped scientists understand that the earth, with its shifting tectonic plates, is “an ...

The study, published in March in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, says the dramatic ice melt would redistribute the ...

Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be ...

Rethinking early Earth formation For decades ... and the beginning of plate movements.” The first crust likely broke into pieces that became thicker in some areas, forming the beginnings of continents ...

Scientists reveal an underground ocean beneath Earth’s crust, holding more water than all surface oceans combined. The post ...

As climate change melts ice sheets and glaciers, water is being redistributed across the globe — and could end up moving the ...

Earth is the only known planet which has plate tectonics today. The constant movement of these giant slabs of rock over the planet's magma creates continents - and may have even helped create life.

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

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

Farallon slab linked to crust loss under Midwest, says seismic study Crust thinning traced to deep Farallon slab 660km below ...

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

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