Earth's first continents may have emerged from the planet's primordial oceans much earlier than we thought, just six hundred million years after the planet formed, new research suggests. The ...

Earth may have had fresh, not just salty, water as soon as 600 million years after the planet formed — a mere blink of an eye in geologic time. Researchers analyzed oxygen molecules within ...

Researchers discovered the earliest record of freshwater, and now crystals may lead researchers to discover when life on Earth began, a new study says. A new study, which was published inNature ...

New research has found evidence that fresh water on Earth, which is essential for life, appeared about four billion years ago -- five hundred million years earlier than previously thought. New ...

Ancient zircon crystals hold chemical clues that of freshwater may have existed on Earth soon after it formed. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...