The shape of the Earth's oceans and continents is dictated inexorable movements of the tectonic plates, but where did those ...

One of the strangest mysteries about our Earth is the presence of two dense, giant blobs inexplicably clustered above the ...

Learn how subduction zones form, drive massive earthquakes, create volcanoes, and shape Earth’s surface through powerful ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology presents ...

A spot in eastern Africa called the Afar Triangle marks the meeting point of three rift zones—lines where Earth’s crust is being rent apart. Researchers haven’t been sure exactly what drives this ...

For millions of years, Earth’s moving plates have sculpted continents, carved oceans, and built massive mountain ranges. Yet some of these giant structures vanished deep into the mantle, hidden from ...

For decades, geologists labeled a billion-year stretch of Earth’s history—from 1.8 to 0.8 billion years ago—as the “Boring Billion.” They assumed not much occurred during the time: mountain building ...

Earthquake faults deep in the Earth can glue themselves back together following a seismic event, according to a new study led ...

A new study shows that climate shapes the land and can change where earthquakes happen and when volcanoes erupt.

Why do some earthquakes release more energy than others? A research team led by Prof. Dr. Armin Dielforder from the ...

Once inside the oceanic mantle, bits of continents become part of the magma factory that powers ocean volcanoes.

Earth’s crust looks solid from the surface, but it is broken into a shifting mosaic of slabs that slowly rearrange oceans and ...