Water from both volcanic rocks and deep mantle melted Earth's crust 1.6 billion years ago. This long-lasting melting formed ...

Plate tectonics is geology’s Theory of Everything. The realisation in the 1960s that Earth’s crust is made of fragments ...

A recent study reveals that slow ocean expansion 15-6 million years ago caused sea levels to change and drop by up to 30 ...

Scientists have discovered unusual deep earthquakes under the Sierra Nevada. This may indicate a peeling process in the Earth ...

Have you ever wondered why the Pacific Ocean seems to be constantly shaking and erupting, as if the very earth beneath it is ...

Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure — and reveal how little is understood about ...

Two continents collided millions of years ago, forming a bridge that changed Earth's climate system and triggered one of ...

Scientists reveal new details about the 5.3-million-year-old flood, which triggered earthquakes, generated tropical-storm ...

A recent study challenges the long-held belief of the Indian plate smoothly sliding under the Eurasian plate. Seismic data reveals the Indian plate is ...

Seismic waves from earthquakes have always offered a window into Earth’s hidden interior. For decades, researchers believed ...

In an extraordinary discovery made in 2022, a deep-sea expedition led by the Ocean Exploration Trust aboard the E/V Nautilus ...

Scientists believe that the motion of Earth's continents through plate tectonics has been largely steady over millions of years. New research, however, suggests this drift can speed up or slow down ...