Researchers Claim When the Earth’s Mantle Burst It Formed a Land Bridge That Connected Asia and Africa 20 Million Years Ago The evolutionary trajectory undertaken by every being has been impacted by ...

Computational modeling shows that plate tectonics weren't necessary for early continents. The formation of Earth's continents billions of years ago set the stage for life to thrive. But scientists ...

Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents formed during the Archean time, more than 2.5 billion years ago. Their findings ...

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Across opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean more than 3,700 miles apart, researchers have uncovered footprints left by dinosaurs that could have roamed from Africa to South America when the continents ...

Earth's first continents, known as the cratons, emerged from the ocean between 3.3 billion and 3.2 billion years ago, a new study hints. This pushes back previous estimates of when the cratons first ...

Several exoplanets at the edge of our galaxy could have formed continents — and advanced life — 5 billion years earlier than Earth, new research suggests. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

Ancient zircon crystals hold chemical clues that of freshwater may have existed on Earth soon after it formed. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Chris Kirkland receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Geological Survey of Western Australia. Tim Johnson receives funding from the Australian Research Council (DP200101104) and ...

Most people know that the land masses on which we all live represent just 30% of Earth's surface, and the rest is covered by oceans. The emergence of the continents was a pivotal moment in the history ...

An illustration depicting the formation of TTGs in a two-stage mantle plume-sagduction model. Geologists from The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how the ...