A study published in Nature on 2 April reveals that Earth's first crust, formed about 4.5 billion years ago ... if we were asking the right question,” says Professor Turner. Together with ...

The Earth has a layered structure made up of the core, the mantle and the crust. Different elements ... that causes the tectonic plates to rub together on the surface and this is what causes ...

The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics begin?

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New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

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Scientists have always been curious about the atmosphere surrounding us, but in the past, they could not just hop on a spaceship to see what was up there. Instead, scientists hiked up high ...

A study published in Nature reveals that Earth's first crust, formed about 4.5 billion ... the right question," says Professor Turner. Together with collaborators across six universities, he ...