The quantitative model used in the study explains the enigmatic melt degrees and layered structures observed in most cratons on Earth.

Continents prone to destruction in their infancy, study finds

Representative Image: Holotype of Onychonycteris finneyi

Researchers discover 16 million-year-old bat fossil

An artist's reconstruction of 'Anomalocaris' briggsi swimming within the twilight zone. Credit: Katrina Kenny

Incredible vision in ancient marine creatures drove an evolutionary arms race

New loriciferan from Japan: Wataloricus japonicus Credit: Shinta Fujimoto

A New Species of Rare Phylum Loricifera Discovered in the Deep-sea...

Igneous zircon crystal: shows zircon had two main growth periods approx. 20 million years apart in different magmas.

Geoscientists use zircon to trace origin of Earth’s continents

Distribution of snow and ice in winter and summer on Aurica (left) and Amasia. Credit: Way et al. 2020

What will the climate be like when Earth’s next supercontinent forms?

Illustration of the Jurassic thyreophoran Scelidosaurus harrisonii, Jack Mayer Wood, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Only dinosaurs found in ireland described for the first time

Nearly complete exoskeleton (left) and cranidium (right) of Phantaspisauritus gen. et sp. nov. Credit: NIGPAS

New trilobite fossil reveals cephalic specialization of trilobites in Middle Cambrian

Amber piece from the site of San Just with dinosaur feather remains. Credits: S. Álvarez Parra et al. Scientific Reports

Palaeontologists describe a preservation process unique to resins

Schematic diagram showing the geometry of a typical subduction zone and the production of arc volcanoes. Credit: Xiaotao Yang

Piecing together the Alaska coastline’s fractured volcanic activity

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