Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

In the Afar Depression of East Africa, a remarkable geological transformation is unfolding, with scientists revealing that ...

The idea that Earth might only have six continents hinges on the new research conducted by Dr. Jordan Phethean from the University of Derby and his international team of geologists.

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

Recent earth science developments suggest that how we count our planet’s largest land masses is less clear than we learned in school. By Matt Kaplan The world is split up into continents, there ...

The early Earth was entirely molten, and its surface began to solidify only as the planet cooled. This solid surface then eventually formed continents, but they were very different ones compared ...

Gray rocks uncovered in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada may be the ultimate primordial find. The stones date back 4.16 ...

Canadian scientists found the oldest known rocks on Earth - dating back 4.16 billion years - shedding light on our planet’s ...

Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

Researchers at the University of Southampton have found something quite unusual taking place with our planet. They discovered ...

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