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

Deep beneath the surface of our planet, from the Himalayas to East Africa and from the Atlantic seafloor to the Indian Ocean, ...

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

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

A study published in Nature reveals that Earth's first crust ... and the beginning of plate movements." The first crust likely broke into pieces that became thicker in some areas, forming the ...

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

The constant movement of these giant slabs of rock over the planet’s magma creates continents – and may have even helped ...

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

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

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