A massive geological rift is tearing one of Earth’s largest continents in two, faster than scientists once believed.

New research challenges conventional wisdom by demonstrating that mid-ocean ridges and continental rifts, not volcanic ...

Climate change is usually associated with changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide, but our planet's surface also plays a major ...

Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing "icehouse" periods and warm "greenhouse ...

Marine turbidites are layers of mud and sand deposited on the deep ocean floor by massive underwater landslides and are often ...

UnsplashCarbon released from Earth's spreading tectonic plates, not volcanoes, may have triggered major transitions ...

Eruptions from volcanic arcs, found where tectonic plates converge, are one of the major drivers of natural carbon emissions, ...

The Iberian Peninsula is undergoing a slow but measurable clockwise rotation, driven by tectonic forces far beneath the ...

Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden below the vast ice sheet blanketing Antarctica, ...

Tremors beneath Northern California show hidden plate movement, helping scientists better understand where future big ...

Three of the great tectonic plates that make up the Earth’s crust meet at the Mendocino Triple Junction, off the Humboldt ...

Scientists used satellite data to confirm that Earth's crust is "dripping" into the mantle beneath Turkey's Central Anatolian ...