Recent discoveries offer deeper insight into the movement of tectonic plates. New research has found that variations in rock ...

Earth is the only known planet which has plate tectonics today. The constant movement of these giant slabs of rock over the planet's magma creates continents - and may have even helped create life.

With a computer rendering, he helped scientists understand that the earth, with its shifting tectonic plates, is “an ...

In this type of fault, the block of rock above the fault plane, known as the hanging wall, moves downward relative to the block below, called the footwall. Normal faults are typically found at ...

New findings provide a greater understanding of plate subduction, or how tectonic plates slide beneath one another. This ...

Deep beneath the surface of our planet, from the Himalayas to East Africa and from the Atlantic seafloor to the Indian Ocean, ...

The idea that extreme heat could one day cause a mass extinction and end the dominance of humans is not as farfetched as it ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

Scientists discovered Earth's first crust had continental chemical signatures. This challenges beliefs about when these ...

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics.

The North American continent is "dripping" rock into the lower layers of the Earth, new research says, and in the process ...

or how tectonic plates slide beneath one another. This recycling of surface materials and volatile elements deep into the Earth's interior, can impact long-term climate stability, atmospheric ...