When it comes to the fall of the Roman Empire, this climate shift may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.” ...

The depths, longevity, and potential to generate silicic compositions of magma chambers are linked to crustal temperature, which varies across Mars and over its geological history.

Deep soils vital for life host an active new microbial phylum, CSP1-3. These microbes may be key to innovative water ...

Furthermore, the findings bolster the theory that the moon formed when a giant, Mars -size protoplanet slammed into the young ...

It appears that humanity has messed with plate tectonics just to improve cotton yields,” said one earth scientist.

New research has revealed what could have led to the splitting of two major continents, as evidence from the event can still ...

New seismic images of the Lucky Strike slow-spreading segment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge show thick lower crust at the center ...

It’s long been thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see in ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

Io is an incredibly active and extreme place, with glistening lava lakes and volcanic eruptions shooting sulfur and magma to ...

The split between South America and Africa 135 million years ago was a fiery affair, new research finds. The continental breakup spewed over 3.8 million cubic miles (16 million cubic kilometers) of ...

Scientists have long thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see ...