plate tectonics

With the onset of plate tectonics, surface elements began cycling into deep Earth via subduction…

Earth scientists from Rice University, Yale University and the University of Tokyo are offering a…

Earth is the only planet in our solar system with plate tectonics. As a result, Earth’s crust is…

Compared to its nearest planetary neighbors, Venus and Mars, Earth’s atmosphere is unusually…

Earth’s mantle is not uniform. Different zones display distinct physical and chemical…

Characteristics of Earth’s deep water cycle such as the persistence of water on the planet’s…

A novel hypothesis links minerals of the zeolite group with carbonatitic magmatism through their…

Jewelers abhor diamond impurities, but these mineral inclusions serve as time capsules and tell the…