The break up of the supercontinent Nuna transformed the Earth’s surface, creating shallow marine habitats that may have given ...
Lake Turkana in northern Kenya is often called the cradle of humankind. Home to some of the earliest hominids, its fossil-rich basin has helped scientists piece together the story of human evolution.
A new study shows that climate shapes the land and can change where earthquakes happen and when volcanoes erupt.
A deep fracture in Earth's mantle is taking shape as the Indian and Eurasian plates collide and trigger a process called ...
Researchers have uncovered how climate-driven changes in lake levels influence fault activity and magma production in East Africa's Rift Valley. The research reveals a dynamic and interconnected ...
Scientists have long been observing how something, silently, beneath the ocean, is breaking apart. For the first time in ...
Explore the evolving rare earth hypothesis, highlighting new findings on habitability and the conditions for complex life on ...
All complex life on Earth may be the result of plate tectonics tearing apart the ancient supercontinent Nuna 1.5 billion ...
Earth scientists have discovered how continents are slowly peeled from beneath, fueling volcanic activity in an unexpected ...
Research reveals continents "peel" from below, feeding enriched material into the oceanic mantle, explaining why ocean ...
Scientists have uncovered a hidden geological process where fragments of continents are slowly stripped from below and swept ...
Many oceanic islands far from active plate tectonic boundaries contain materials that clearly originate from continents, even though they are located ...