Seismic waves from earthquakes have always offered a window into Earth’s hidden interior. For decades, researchers believed ...

This early rocky shell featured chemical signatures previously thought to occur only in continental crusts made by the ...

In an article published in Science Advances, a collaborative team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) ...

The solid ground that we all live on forms a ... re divided into seven major tectonic plates – and many smaller plates.The zones between them are known as plate boundaries - and they can be ...

Federal cuts to the U.S. Geological Survey have prompted fears of losing vital information on earthquake activity and ...

With a computer rendering, he helped scientists understand that the earth, with its shifting tectonic plates, is “an extraordinary living being” that is “continuously changing.” ...

The tropics, where biodiversity and interactions among species abound, provide an alternative view of relationships between ...

For decades, scientists have tried to identify when plate tectonics first began ... of why the chemical signature appears in nearly all continental rocks regardless of age.

Rethinking early Earth formation For decades, scientists have tried to identify when plate tectonics first began ... the mystery of why the chemical signature appears in nearly all continental rocks ...