Earth's earliest continents may have set the chemical stage for life by regulating boron levels in ancient oceans, a new study in Terra Nova suggests. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

LIFE on Earth may have driven the evolution of the planet itself. The idea is that ancient microbes provided the chemical energy to create the Earth’s continents – a nod to the Gaia hypothesis, in ...

Earth's continents are moving, and a future supercontinent may form. Scientists model Pangea Ultima, a landmass forming in ...

Continental crust - the Earth’s thick, outer layer of rock - can be dragged deep underground during continental collisions and later rise again through ‘relamination’ Relaminated crust mixes with ...