Rivers began pumping weathered material into the sea about a billion years after Earth formed, suggesting continents may have gotten an early start.

Hubbard, who first joined the USGS as a postdoc, is part of the agency’s Earth Mapping Resource Initiative (Earth MRI).

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A 3.8-magnitude earthquake centered near the Maine coast rattled houses in northern New England on Monday and was felt by ...