New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we associate with modern continents. This means the telltale fingerprints of ...

Beneath the American Midwest, part of the continent is gradually losing its foundation. This slow geological phenomenon, ...

Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in blobs of rock.

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The colorful swirls and stripes that characterize China's Rainbow Mountains would have remained hidden without the epic ...

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics.

Lithospheric dripping occurs when the underside of Earth's rocky crust is heated to a certain temperature. As the rock melts, ...

Earthquakes are among the most formidable natural disasters, striking with little warning and causing widespread devastation.

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

The socio-political differences between India’s north and south may have reduced with decades of assimilation but Hindu ...

A massive 7.7 earthquake originating in Myanmar has collapsed buildings over 600 miles away in Bangkok, Thailand ...