Earth’s surface is constantly shifting, shaped by the slow but powerful movement of tectonic plates. While some plates have ...

In a certain number of years, Earth's 5 continents (counted by convention, excluding Antarctica) will merge into one.

Earthquakes occur when the rock on one side of a fault slips relative to the other. The fault surface can be vertical, ...

Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.

Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's mantle could be more than a ... That part of the mantle is made of old tectonic plates that break into tiny pieces when they sink deep enough into ...

A breakthrough study has provided the most detailed 3D look yet at the inner workings of the Tonga Subduction Zone, where ...

A new study led by researchers at Cardiff University, the University of Oxford, the University of Bristol, and the University of Michigan has revealed that two continent-size regions in Earth’s deep ...

Tectonic plates move, causing strain energy to build up, and that energy eventually releases in the form of an earthquake. As ...

Researchers explore the likelihood that Earth's climate ... has revealed much of the basics about earthquakes: Tectonic plates move, causing strain energy to build up, and that energy eventually ...