How our planet's history was shaped when the Earth moved

The history of Earth is written on the great tablets of tectonic plates. The motions of plates shaped land masses, formed ...
Scientific American

When did plate tectonics on Earth begin? New research finds some of the earliest clues

Scientists have found the oldest direct evidence for tectonic motion on Earth by more than half a billion years ...

Scientists are using tiny pockets of gas to reveal the history of the Earth

A new study focuses on krypton gas in the hopes of understanding how ancient coastlines and landscapes change in Earth’s past ...
Yale Environment 360

A new analysis could map the ancient history of Earth’s surface

Earth’s Ediacaran Period, roughly 630 to 540 million years ago, has always been something of a magnetic minefield for scientists. During earlier and later time periods, tectonic plates kept a steady ...

When Earth became a snowball: The incredible story of survival and life’s comeback

Imagine a time when the blue planet looked nothing like it does today. A time when the oceans were frozen over, the ...