A new study led by University of Wisconsin Oshkosh geologist Timothy Paulsen and Michigan Tech geologist Chad Deering advances the understanding of the role that continents have played in the chemical ...

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Earth is the only planet known to possess continents. In a new study published August 23 in the journal Geology, researchers suggest unexpected seeds for the formation of the first continents on our ...

Across continents and oceans, the same place name appears again and again: Santa Cruz, Sainte-Croix, and Santa Croce. Whether in Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, or parts of Asia, these ...

A new study reveals how fragments of continental roots are stripped and transported beneath the oceans, solving a ...