Several times since the age of dinosaurs, the solid part of our planet has rolled over, drowning some continents and lifting ...

The ongoing formation of the Apennine mountain range has been a mystery for years, but scientists are starting to piece ...

A chunk of the Earth's crust is missing and scientists have discovered where it is ...

Something unusual is happening deep beneath Italy, where a hidden layer of Earth’s crust appears to be peeling away and sinking into the mantle. Scientists say this slow-motion geological process, ...

Conditions on early Earth may have become stable enough to sustain the chemistry associated with the origins of life around 4 ...

A new study suggests that a giant section of lower crust beneath Italy is slowly peeling away and sinking into the mantle. Scientists say this “unzipping” could explain much of the earthquake activity ...

Billion-Year-Old Zircons Tell the Story of the Earliest CrustAbout 160 million years have passed since the birth of the Earth ...

Geoscientists have made an unprecedented achievement on their 60-year quest to know more about Earth's mysterious depths. Pieces of Earth’s rocky mantle were collected by a drilling vessel called the ...

Deep beneath our feet, the slow machinery of Earth is always turning. Continents collide. Tectonic plate edges slip, one beneath the other, into the mantle. Mountains rise, and chasms yawn, and ...

Extending some 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) along the length of Italy, the Apennine Mountains present a challenging puzzle for geologists. In some places, the mountains are steadily being stretched ...

Earth's crust unzipping beneath Italy may explain seismic activity in the Apennine Mountains.