Sea level on Earth has been rising and falling ever since there was water on the planet. Scientists were already able to use ...

From time to time, when Earth's tectonic plates shift, the planet emits a long, slow belch of carbon dioxide. In a new modeling study published in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, R. Dietmar ...

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq ...

Although the ocean covers roughly 71% of Earth’s surface, more than 80% of that ocean has yet to be mapped, explored, or even ...

Plate tectonics is a fundamental feature of Earth. As far as astronomers know, ... which are more likely to retain their heat and have longer periods of active plate tectonics. ...

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

The new study suggests plate tectonics started more than 4 billion years ago — not long after the planet formed 4.5 billion years ago. In this era, known as the Hadean, Earth was fresh and ...

Ancient plate tectonics in the Archean period differs from modern plate tectonics in the Phanerozoic period because of the higher mantle temperatures inside the early Earth, the thicker basaltic ...

Image of the tectonic plates making up the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic may start to close in around 20 million years. Elliot Lim, CIRES & NOAA/NCEI ...

New Species Emerged As Tectonic Plates Shifted: Surprise Discovery All signs of coelacanths mysteriously vanished from the fossil record, at the end of the Cretaceous period.