The Olympic rings are among the most recognizable logo in the world. But what do the five rings mean? You might be surprised ...

Great things can come from failure when it comes to geology. The Midcontinent rift formed about 1.1 billion years ago and ...

Microscopic zircon crystals discovered in Western Australia suggest that Earth may have had continental crust as early as 4.4 ...

It turns out that continental breakups are just as messy as human ones, with the events leaving fragments scattered far from home ...

Parts of ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought.

A hidden “tear” beneath the continents may have been fueling oceanic volcanoes for millions of years, study reveals.

The largest continent, Asia covers an area of 44.6 million square kilometres (17.2 million square miles) and has a staggering population of approximately 4.6 billion people. It is characterised by ...

The first half-billion years of Earth science were gnarly. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When Earth was just a wee young thing, ...

Classical plate tectonic theory was developed in the 1960s. It proposed that the outer layer of our planet is made up of a small number of rigid plates separated by narrow boundaries. The surface of ...