The realm that has been called Earth’s youngest continent rides atop rocks similar to those beneath landmasses billions of years older. The most ancient continents on Earth are formed of crust that ...
A new study of rocks that formed billions of years ago lends fresh insight into how Earth's plate tectonics—the movement of large pieces of Earth's outer shell—evolved over the planet's ...
A demographic transformation in Africa has the potential to alter the world order Last November, the global population reached a significant milestone of 8 billion. More recently, in April, India ...