The colossal movements of tectonic plates shape our world, influencing the composition of Earth’s atmosphere, the planet’s protective magnetic field and perhaps even the flourishing of life. Now ...
Magnetic crystals provide the earliest evidence yet of the plate tectonics that likely made Earth habitable, pushing its start back by 140 million years.
The history of Earth is written on the great tablets of tectonic plates. The motions of plates shaped land masses, formed ...
Dr. Michael Guillén says his deep understanding of science — including modern cosmology and human consciousness — ...
New analyses of ancient ice from Antarctica and the air contained inside it are extending the history of Earth's climate records and expanding researchers' understanding of how the planet has changed ...