Parts of ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought.

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 ...

What is a continent when over 94 percent of it is under the water? Zealandia is an extensive belt of continental crust around ...

A study of the East African Rift reveals that ancient heating and dehydration can strengthen continental crust, reshaping how and where continents break apart.

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While we have sent probes billions of kilometres into interstellar space, humans have barely scratched the surface of our own ...

Strange features of a collision point between pieces of Earth's crust are evidence that the structure may be nearing its end, new analysis suggests. A careful analysis of the complex boundary where ...

At a busy street crossing, people wait for the signal to change. When one person steps out first, others soon follow. Scientists in Amsterdam have found that this same kind of behavior happens at a ...