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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.

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

Scientists Discover Ancient Subterranean 'Supercontinents' Beneath Earth's Mantle

Ancient Land-Sea Dynamics Triggered Marine Mass Extinctions

Scientists Uncover Forces Behind Continental Uplift

Discovery Reveals Cause of Earth's Ancient 'Snowball' Ice Age

New Research Reveals Origins of First Continents