Besides, ancient earth was likely a hostile place due to a number of factors – the extreme weather, predatory dinosaurs, and ...

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

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

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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 ...

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 ...

This week, geologists announced they discovered the world's oldest known impact crater. It's in Western Australia's ancient ...

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 ...