From the deepest ocean trench to the tallest mountain, plate tectonics explains the features and movement of Earth's surface in the present and the past. The theory of plate tectonics was ...

John Sclater, a geophysicist at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a member of the first wave of ...

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

It presents plate tectonics as a multifaceted, interdisciplinary theory that unites many different geological observations and processes into a harmonious model so that readers grasp how the outer ...

Tiny minerals are revolutionizing our understanding of geology. Easter Island consists of several extinct volcanoes. The ...

This theory gained traction in March 2018 when a massive crack opened in southwestern Kenya after heavy rains, swallowing part of the Nairobi-Narok highway. This crack appeared in the Kenyan Rift ...

But what she uncovered beneath the ocean’s surface would change geology forever. “Tharp’s work certainly provided evidence ...

This theory has been a cornerstone of geology for nearly a century ... Island’s landscape cannot have been occurring for 165 million years because the tectonic plate beneath the island is not that old ...

An unexpected find in tiny crystals hints that the Earth's mantle may not quite behave as has been believed for nearly a century.

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail’ - the mantra of the lecturer on my teacher training course was whirling through my mind as ...