New scientific models mapping the Earth’s tectonic plates could help to sharpen our ... the oldest group of its kind in the world, current forecasts “are based on data gathered through global ...

The modern understanding of the plate tectonic cycle predicts that remnants ... and writes/edits about sci-fi and how our world works. You can find his previous stuff at Gizmodo and Paste if ...

This layer is a part of the asthenosphere, which sits beneath the tectonic plates. The asthenosphere ... seismic detectors around the world and created a global map of the asthenosphere.

Earthquakes happen every day all over the world, along both tectonic plate edges and interiors. Earthquakes occur along faults, which are fractures between blocks of rock that allow the blocks to move ...