The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics ...

It’s long been thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see in ...

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics.

This implies that there could be an abundance of life living within the Earth’s crust beneath the seabed in areas across the globe. In other words, this is just the tip of the iceberg when it ...

The team's calculations showed the protocrust—Earth's earliest crust formed during the Hadean eon (4.5–4.0 billion years ago)—would naturally develop the same chemical signatures found in ...