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

The Aral Sea's disappearance displaced 1.1 billion tons of water, causing Earth’s mantle to rise. A silent, human-made shift ...

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 ...

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 ...

Beneath the American Midwest, part of the continent is gradually losing its foundation. This slow geological phenomenon, invisible on the surface, puzzles scientists. An international team ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...