The North American continent is "dripping" rock into the lower layers of the Earth, new research says, and in the process ...

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

Geologists have made certain assumptions about how the crust making up our planet's earliest surface formed, but a new study ...

Deep beneath the surface of our planet, from the Himalayas to East Africa and from the Atlantic seafloor to the Indian Ocean, ...

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

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs ...

Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in ...

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

A recent study challenges previous geological assumptions, revealing that Earth's initial protocrust closely resembled the ...