An international team has made a significant breakthrough in understanding the tectonic evolution of terrestrial planets.

An immense pocket of hot rock deep beneath the Appalachians may be a wandering relic of the breakup between Greenland and ...

We tend to think earthquakes are predominantly driven by deep-Earth forces. But in Kenya’s Lake Turkana Rift, researchers ...

For the first time in history, scientists have observed the rupture of a tectonic plate in a subduction zone in real time.

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

Snapshots from six computer simulations illustrating the distinct tectonic regimes of terrestrial planets, including the newly discovered ...

The shattering of Nuna may have built the perfect environment for life to evolve From 1.8 billion to 800 million years ago, ...

The break up of the supercontinent Nuna transformed the Earth’s surface, creating shallow marine habitats that may have given ...

A ridiculous but instructive thought experiment involving deep time, plate tectonics, erosion and the slow death of the sun ...

Research and practice over the past several decades have revealed that a truly knowledge-rich science curriculum encompasses ...

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