Scientists find evidence for an ancient supercontinent that covered 80 percent of Earth’s surface
A new global isotopic map has revealed vast fragments of ancient Gondwanan crust buried beneath younger mountain belts…
Giant Rift Valleys Hint Venus is Still Tectonically Active
New 3D computer simulations from ETH Zurich show that young rift flanks on Venus stay tall and steep,…
Earth’s Longest Volcanic Ridge May Be an Underwater Moving Hotspot
Ninetyeast Ridge, the long, pale-blue line slicing through the Indian Ocean near 90 degrees east, is the largest…
Mars may have once been filled with seas of magma that made the Red Planet habitable
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Hidden Rift beneath Zambia May Be Tearing Africa Apart
Unusual gases rising from geothermal springs within the Kafue Rift of Zambia suggest a deep fracture in Earth’s…
Africa’s major discovery of new 300-mile ocean as continent splits | Science | News
A vast new ocean stretching hundreds of miles could one day split Africa in two, scientists have warned,…
Earth’s Lithosphere was Already Segmented and Mobile 3.5 Billion Years Ago
By tracing magnetic signals preserved in 3.5-billion-year-old rocks in Western Australia, geoscientists have found the oldest direct evidence…
Scientists reveal Earth’s crust was moving far earlier
The surface of the Earth is composed of tectonic plates that slowly move around over geologic time, creating…
Tectonic Plate Movements, Not Volcanoes, Drove Major Climate Shifts Over 540 Million Years
New research challenges conventional wisdom by demonstrating that mid-ocean ridges and continental rifts, not volcanic eruptions, played the…