Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

Difference between continental and oceanic crust. The surface of Earth is broken into large rigid plates that diverge at ...

Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...

A study reveals that the oldest continental crust on Earth is slowly being broken up by shifting tectonic forces.

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Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...

Scientists have long wondered how Earth’s continents first formed. Now, a team of geologists from the University of Hong Kong ...

A plume of molten rock rising from the depths of the Earth in heartbeat-like pulses is slowly tearing Africa apart—and will one day create a new ocean. This is the conclusion of an international team ...

Scientists found a rhythmic mantle plume beneath Ethiopia is slowly tearing Africa apart - hinting at the birth of a new ...