Recent findings have unveiled a startling reality: the Earth’s crust is showing signs of significant instability. From the ...

The study of landforms and their evolution provides key insights into the geomorphic responses of continental surfaces to ...

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

Strong and weak rocks transform the landscape through erosion, and a new study reveals that soil resistance alters this erosion by up to 20x.

Even long-lived subduction zones eventually die, and scientists believe they are witnessing the slow death of one in the northern end of the Cascadia subduction zone.

Scientists have uncovered a hidden geological process where fragments of continents are slowly stripped from below and swept deep into the oceanic mantle, sparking volcanic activity in unexpected ...

Recent discoveries have unveiled a dramatic geological event beneath the Pacific Northwest: the Earth is splitting open. This ...

Satellite radar data shows signs of subsidence, where groundwater extraction causing soil and rock layers to compress.

All complex life on Earth may be the result of plate tectonics tearing apart the ancient supercontinent Nuna 1.5 billion ...

The newest exhibition at the David Rumsey Map Center, explores how maps go beyond traditional terrain, taking visitors to caves, a misguided town in the Alps and even the Moon.

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