In 2008 scientists reported that rocks in Canada were the world’s oldest. New data appear to confirm this contested claim ...

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

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

A river’s shift 89,000 years ago may have added up to 160 feet to Everest’s height through erosion and crust rebound, linking river dynamics to mountain formation in the Himalayas.

The crust buckled and crumpled on a gargantuan scale, ... And there is nothing better at creating that imbalance than a rock-eating river. In Everest’s shadow lies the Arun River.

As the river system eroded rock, “the surrounding peaks were actually rising due to the elastic rebound of the Earth’s crust,” he added. “It’s like the landscape was doing the limbo ...

Scientists already knew that most of the gold on the planet - more than 99.95 percent, according to Messling - lies hidden in ...

Over 400 million years ago, an upwelling of hot rock from Earth's mantle wrenched apart the crust in Mongolia, creating an ocean that survived for 115 million years.