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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Venus may be far more geologically alive than anyone expected. New research suggests its outer crust could be churning with convection, a process that helps move heat and may explain the planet’s tens ...

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 ...