Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

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

There are some weather phenomena that are more surprising than others, but without a doubt, the eruption of lava in ...

The Earth’s crust is disappearing right beneath our feet – and most people don’t even realise it. Now, if you’re a geologist, ...

To answer these questions, it is easiest to start with the amount of gold that humans have mined to date. The U.S. Geological ...

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

Mercury is toxic, and mercury poisoning occurs when your body reacts to being exposed to too much of it, according to the ...

A study reveals that the oldest continental crust on Earth is slowly being broken up by shifting tectonic forces.

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

Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...

Scientists found a rhythmic mantle plume beneath Ethiopia is slowly tearing Africa apart - hinting at the birth of a new ...

Earth is about 4.5 billion years old, and as the eons passed, the crust of the young planet experienced turbulence. Asteroid collisions shattered some parts, which melted and recrystallized, while ...