New research has revealed how an underwater avalanche grew more than 100 times in size causing a massive trail of destruction as it traveled 2000km across the Atlantic Ocean...
A new study shows how the mismatch between where fossils are preserved and where humans likely lived may influence our understanding of early human evolution.
The preservation of organic carbon in marine sediments has long been a key question remaining unclear in understanding the long-term carbon cycling on Earth. Recently, scientists have gained new...
Geophysicists find link between seismic waves called PKP precursors and anomalies in Earth’s mantle that are associated with hotspots associated with volcanism on the surface.
The study found that the Port Askaig Formation, composed of layers of rock up to 1.1 km thick, was likely laid down between 662 to 720 million years ago...
A team of researchers has made strides in understanding the formation of massif-type anorthosites, enigmatic rocks that only formed during the middle part of Earth’s history. These plagioclase-rich igneous...
Catastrophic volcanic eruptions that warmed the planet millions of years ago shed new light on how plants evolve and regulate climate. Researchers reveal the long-term effects of disturbed natural...
Scientists have recovered the first long section of rocks that originated in the Earth’s mantle, the layer below the crust and the planet’s largest component. The rocks will help...
Seeds, twigs, and insect parts found under two miles of ice confirm Greenland’s ice sheet melted in the recent past, the first direct evidence that the center — not...
Computational modeling shows that plate tectonics weren’t necessary for early continents.