New Curtin-led research has revealed that water played a far bigger role than previously thought in shaping Earth's first ...

Studies have revealed that the MIA crust was likely stripped away by ... Petersson asserted, "The zircon crystals we found in river sand and rocks from Finland have signatures that point towards ...

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

Scientists discovered Earth's first crust had continental chemical signatures. This challenges beliefs about when these ...

This suggests the ancient rocks of Western Australia cover a far greater area than we knew, buried deep in the crust. The ancient ... north in sand from the Swan River, which runs through Perth ...