Tectonic plates are massive slabs of Earth's lithosphere that float atop the semi-fluid mantle, constantly shifting and ...

What if the most telling indications of an impending volcanic eruption are buried deep under the ocean, or in a fleeting succession of tiny quakes that no one perceives? As volcanoes of the Pacific ...

The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust ...

During the devastating magnitude 7.7 Myanmar earthquake on March 28 this year, a CCTV camera captured the moment the plate ...

Earthquake scientists rely on distant seismic instruments to infer how faults rupture during large earthquakes. This video ...

Geologists from The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how the Earth’s early continents formed during the Archean time, more than 2.5 billion years ago. Their ...

Deep Pulses Beneath Africa Are Breaking the Continent Apart, Creating a New Ocean Learn more about the pounding plume of molten rock that’s beneath Ethiopia, forcing its three tectonic plates to ...

The study demonstrates that mantle dynamics are not independent of tectonic plate movements, but rather that both systems are deeply interconnected. According to Dr. Derek Keir, co-author of the ...

When designing a workout, it's important to move in all of the body's planes. What are they? Here's an anatomy primer to help.