But to find that complexity, we must take the lessons of the boring billion to heart. Planets are not just a stage on which ...

India charged across the equator at rates of up to 15 cm/year, in the process closing ... The continents are carried by the Earth's tectonic plates like people on an escalator.

The Himalayas' massive heights result from a unique combination of geologic factors. Mount Everest is the world's tallest ...

In the new study, published July 15 in the journal Geology ... although not all experts are convinced. Plate tectonics, the ...

They learn where the Earth's tectonic plates and their boundaries are ... This should take about 10–15 minutes. Remind students that they are to observe rather than describe or interpret.

The slow movement of Earth’s tectonic plates caused Earth’s geography to ... 10 per cent of Everest’s annual growth, and about 15 to 50 metres of extra growth since the process began.

THESSALONIKI, Greece -- A 5.2-magnitude tremor hit northern Greece Sunday evening, authorities said. The earthquake occurred offshore from the Chalkidiki peninsula, about 40 kilometers southeast of ...

Researchers found the ghostly white critters sandwiched beneath slabs of solidified lava along the East Pacific Rise, a fast-spreading ocean ridge where several tectonic plates meet off the coast ...

Remember those bone-chilling days in suburban Chicago last January? When it was 10, 15 below with wind chills dipping dangerously close to minus 40? I do, and I remember how happy I was to hop on a ...

The Indonesian government plans to permanently relocate thousands of residents after a series of eruptions of Mount Lewotobi ...

Georgia head coach Kirby Smart endured a rough loss to Ole Miss, prompting a blunt take about the Bulldogs' opponent.

Scientists are racing to find out whether rapid glacial melt could drive a surge in eruptions — and what that means for ...