Filling the gap: A new study links the Great Unconformity’s missing billion years to supercontinent assembly rather than global glaciation. Oldest rocks found: The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt in ...

Gases collected from boiling mineral springs in Zambia contain the chemical signature of having come directly from the ...

Isotope analysis of gas from geothermal springs in Zambia could show that a new continental rift is forming, scientists say.

Helium-rich gases rising through hot springs could mark the early stages of continental breakup in southern Africa.

UWA researchers have helped to unearth more about how ancient continents formed on Earth 3.5 billion years ago.

The iconic tourist destination provides a beautiful view, but also represents a physical record of Earth's climate history ...

An international team of researchers' analysis of minerals from the Pilbara region of Western Australia has given new insight ...

Scientists observe Africa's split along the East African Rift, which could form a new ocean over millions of years and reveal ...