In the Afar Depression of East Africa, a remarkable geological transformation is unfolding, with scientists revealing that ...

The disappearance of ice could awaken dormant volcanoes, reveals a study conducted in the Chilean Andes. This phenomenon, long observed in Iceland, would now extend to other continents due to ...

A tectonic clash in Tibet formed giant copper deposits, revealing how recycled crust can power clean energy and reshape ...

Samples of extremely small crystal clots, each polished to the thickness of a human hair or thinner, have revealed information about the process triggering the major 2006 eruption of Alaska’s ...

Researchers used zircons and AI to reconstruct Earth's ancient crust, revealing possible tectonic processes from the planet's ...

Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...

Geologists confirm that industrial waste turns into rock in just 35 years, challenging traditional ideas about geological ...

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

New research suggests that the geological site harbors the oldest known surviving fragments of Earth’s crust, dating back to 4.16 billion years ago.

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...