A new study reveals how ancient plant ecosystems recovered from the End-Permian mass extinction, Earth’s most catastrophic ...

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Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.

Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...

Can plants uncover the survival secrets of Earth’s darkest days? A research team from (UCC), the University of Connecticut, ...

Although the Earth’s been decidedly blue for 600 million years, rising populations of phytoplankton caused by rising ...

Curtin University researchers have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could significantly ...

This ancient period of deep freeze, known as the Neoproterozoic Era, or “Snowball Earth,” lasted from about 1 billion to 543 million years ago. During that time, landmasses consolidated into a ...

Giant glaciers scraped parts of the Earth's crust, releasing key minerals into the ocean millions of years ago, a study ...

We all depend on oxygen to survive, but about 3 billion years ago, there was barely any oxygen at all. When was the last time you thought about where all the oxygen on Earth came from? During this ...

"Given how rare such evidence is due to [Earth's] geological recycling processes, this is a major breakthrough in ...