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A new interpretation of petrogenesis of Earth’s early continental crust

May 1, 2017

“Lost continent” found under Mauritius

January 31, 2017

Where’s the center of North America? Geographer’s new method finds a...

January 5, 2017

Geologists publish new details about evolution of East African Rift Valley

December 21, 2016

Plate tectonics shift?

December 15, 2016

Breakup of supercontinent Pangea cooled mantle and thinned crust

December 13, 2016

Why are there volcanoes on an island that isn’t near any...

November 29, 2016

Modelling Gondwana break-up

November 18, 2016

Australian continent shifts with the seasons, study finds

November 11, 2016

Earthquake series cause uplift variations at continental margins

October 17, 2016

Case of Earth’s missing continental crust solved: It sank

October 5, 2016

Revealing Earth’s early secrets

September 20, 2016

The strains of a continental breakup

July 19, 2016

Plate tectonics without jerking

June 30, 2016

Why do intracontinental basins subside longer?

June 22, 2016

Oxygen atmosphere recipe = tectonics + continents + life

May 17, 2016

Continental drift created biologically diverse coral reefs

May 7, 2016

Supercontinent rift formed bizarre Bunbury rocks

May 3, 2016

Researchers define links within two supercontinents

April 12, 2016

Ancient rocks of Tetons formed by continental collisions

January 30, 2016

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Earth’s lower mantle can be oxidized in the presence of water

May 26, 2020

Sand Ripples on Mars are a type not seen on Earth

July 1, 2016

One of Yuka's legs, illustrating the exceptional preservation of the lower part of the leg after the skin had been removed, which enabled recovery of ancient RNA molecules. Photo credit: Valeri Plotnikov. Credit: Valeri Plotnikov

World’s oldest RNA extracted from woolly mammoth

November 18, 2025

An example of one of the microfossils discovered in a sample of rock recovered from the Apex Chert, a rock formation in western Australia that is among the oldest and best-preserved rock deposits in the world.

Oldest fossils ever found show life on Earth began before 3.5...

December 18, 2017

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