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Earth could have supported continental crust, life earlier than thought

June 7, 2018

Utah fossil reveals global exodus of mammals’ near relatives to major...

May 27, 2018

Formation of supercontinents and strength of ocean tides

April 11, 2018

Cratonic lithosphere with a high-density root undergoes delamination when perturbed by mantle plumes from beneath. The removed cratonic root then thermally grows back, with its rock fabrics preserving recent mantle deformation.

Continental interiors may not be as tectonically stable as geologists think

February 20, 2018

When continents break it gets warm on Earth

November 14, 2017

Ancient Earth’s hot interior created ‘graveyard’ of continental slabs

August 22, 2017

How continents were recycled

August 22, 2017

Scientists set sail to unlock secrets of ‘lost continent’ Zealandia

July 29, 2017

Link identified between continental breakup, volcanic carbon emissions and evolution

July 21, 2017

Geology and biology agree on Pangaea supercontinent breakup dates

June 7, 2017

As continents continue moving, study suggests effects on biodiversity

May 18, 2017

Continental crust thanks to the right mixture

May 11, 2017

A new interpretation of petrogenesis of Earth’s early continental crust

May 1, 2017

“Lost continent” found under Mauritius

January 31, 2017

Geologists publish new details about evolution of East African Rift Valley

December 21, 2016

Why are there volcanoes on an island that isn’t near any...

November 29, 2016

Australian continent shifts with the seasons, study finds

November 11, 2016

Earthquake series cause uplift variations at continental margins

October 17, 2016

Case of Earth’s missing continental crust solved: It sank

October 5, 2016

Revealing Earth’s early secrets

September 20, 2016

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Linking superconductivity and structure

May 27, 2015

Rare ichthyosaur is only second known example

February 2, 2018

New water balance calculation for Dead Sea

July 23, 2014

New solutions needed to recycle fracking water

September 8, 2014

Expedition Will Sample Crater Left By Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid

April 7, 2015

In Earth’s largest extinction, land die-offs began long before ocean turnover

March 26, 2020

Continents

New research uncovers continental crust emerged 500 million years earlier than thought

Piecing together the Alaska coastline’s fractured volcanic activity

East African Rift System is slowly breaking away, with Madagascar splitting into pieces

Formation of the Alps: Detaching and uplifting, not bulldozing

Scientists decipher the role of carbon and the break-up of continents