At first glance, the world map seems familiar and unchanging, with its continents neatly in place. But far beneath the waves ...

The changes are most visible in the Afar region of northeastern Ethiopia. Scientists say that the Gulf of Aden and the Red ...

Tiny zircon crystals are revealing that Earth’s earliest history may have included surprisingly complex tectonic activity.

It turns out that continental breakups are just as messy as human ones, with the events leaving fragments scattered far from home ...

Geologists from St. Petersburg State University, as part of an international scientific team, have analyzed rock data from ...

The map of Earth looks settled at first glance. Continents feel fixed, named, and counted. Yet over the past few decades, geologists have been quietly.

Researchers working in a Canadian mine have sampled water that has been sealed inside Precambrian rock fractures for up to ...

Imagine standing 8,000 metres above the sea floor at Mount Everest, and you find a marine fossil. You should not be surprised ...

The reality is more nuanced than the viral claim, yet the answer leans more toward yes than no.

For the first time in Brazil, researchers have identified a field of tektites. These are natural glasses formed by the high-energy impact of extraterrestrial bodies against Earth's surface. These ...

Researchers were once unsure whether mantle earthquakes existed. Now they have a global map of this mysterious phenomenon.

Parts of the ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought. New research led by scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Mad ...