Scientists reveal an underground ocean beneath Earth’s crust, holding more water than all surface oceans combined. The post ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

With a computer rendering, he helped scientists understand that the earth, with its shifting tectonic plates, is “an ...

Earth is the only known planet which has plate tectonics today. The constant movement of these giant slabs of rock over the planet's magma creates continents - and may have even helped create life.

Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be ...

As climate change melts ice sheets and glaciers, water is being redistributed across the globe — and could end up moving the ...

Rethinking early Earth formation For decades ... and the beginning of plate movements.” The first crust likely broke into pieces that became thicker in some areas, forming the beginnings of continents ...

Scientists discovered Earth's first crust had continental chemical signatures. This challenges beliefs about when these ...

Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research ...

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

Farallon slab linked to crust loss under Midwest, says seismic study Crust thinning traced to deep Farallon slab 660km below ...