Earth’s biodiversity could be driven by a deep, tectonically controlled cycle that spans millions of years. The Tectonic ...

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

Tectonic plates are massive slabs of Earth's lithosphere that float atop the semi-fluid mantle, constantly shifting and ...

Sea level on Earth has been rising and falling ever since there was water on the planet. Scientists were already able to use ...

The eruption triggered fast-moving clouds of extremely hot gas and volcanic matter, known as pyroclastic flows, that surged ...

The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...

In East Africa's Afar Depression, scientists have discovered that fresh lava from deep within the Earth's mantle is driving ...

Scientists discover potentially oldest rocks on Earth in Canada's Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt, sparking debate over their ...

Cutting-edge digital fossil-mining reveals early squid evolution, diversification, and importance in marine ecosystems.

The Worcester area has evidence of the Mesoproterozoic Era, going back to the earliest known days of the present-day Earth's ...

The skepticism and debate around the question of "are we alone in the universe" makes the field of astrobiology more cautious ...