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Oldest Direct Evidence Shows Earth's Plates Were Moving 3.5 Billion Years Ago

Extensive paleomagnetic measurements from the Pilbara Craton capture the earliest geomagnetic reversal, ruling out a global stagnant lid.

Deep-Mantle Hot Structures Linked to Long-Lived Patterns in Earth’s Magnetic Field

New Maps Show Tibet’s Crust Flowing as Weak Faults Guide Eastward Motion

Plate Spreading, Not Volcanic Arcs, Drove Earth’s Deep-Time Climate Shifts

Tiny Quakes Expose Five-Piece Tectonic Model at Mendocino Triple Junction

Seismic Imaging Finds 20-Kilometer Buoyant Layer Beneath Bermuda

Rare Hayli Gubbi Eruption Sends Ash Across Red Sea, Disrupting Flights From Arabia to India

Suez Rift Reclassified as Slowly Active, With Measurable Widening, Study Finds

Breakup of Ancient Supercontinent Tied to Rise of Complex Life, New Study Finds

Mantle Waves Peel Continental Roots to Feed Ocean Volcanoes, Study Finds

Seismic Images Reveal Explorer Plate Tearing in Stages Beneath Northern Cascadia

New Model Ties Nuna’s Breakup to Conditions for Complex Life

Graphic Everest Videos Refocus Attention on the Death Zone’s Human Toll

Conference Model Points to Rare, Distant Technological Civilizations in the Milky Way

Northern Appalachian Heat Anomaly Linked to Ancient Labrador Sea Rift

Scientists Confirm Rhythmic Mantle Pulses Driving Africa’s Rift

Canadian Greenstone Belt Rocks Dated to 4.16 Billion Years, Possibly Earth’s Oldest

Pulsing Mantle ‘Heartbeat’ Beneath Afar Fuels Africa’s Rift

Seismic Data Uncover 'Dani' Ghost Plume Beneath Oman

Volcanic Lavas Reveal Gold and Precious Metals Leaking From Earth’s Core