Throughout Earth’s history, the continents have been constantly on the move, converging and diverging in cycles that have shaped the planet’s surface for billions of years. This process, known as ...

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

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Understanding the similarities and differences of the deserts on Earth and Mars will help space travelers survive future ...

Earth system scientists developed the planetary boundaries framework for measuring and tracking the stability and resilience of the Earth system.1 The framework quantifies safe boundary levels for ...

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