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One documented example occurred in the North China Craton’s deepest root layer millions of years ago. However, until recently, scientists hadn’t had a chance to study the process as it happened.

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The ancient rock in question is known as a craton. Cratons are the oldest and most stable blocks of the continent that have endured for billions of years, forming a base upon which landmasses rest.

North America’s geological core has persisted for billions of years—it’s what scientists call a craton, a massive block of continental rock that withstands the natural recycling system of ...

Scientists have discovered that a portion of the North American craton is slowly dripping into Earth's mantle, challenging the idea that these ancient crustal structures are immovable. Seismic ...

Ancient oceans were green due to their high iron content Cyanobacteria adapted to green light for photosynthesis Climate change is increasing phytoplankton, altering ocean color ...

“This isolation prevented the ecosystem on the North China Craton from interacting with other areas during that time,” researchers write. “The heightened selection pressure resulting from ...

Scientists had posited that there was something beneath the North American craton causing the drips, and that something turned out to be a "chunk of oceanic crust that broke off from an ancient ...

Oxygen released by the rise of photosynthesis in the Archean eon then led to oxidized iron in seawater. The paper's computer simulations also found oxygen released by early photosynthesis led to a ...