This development may improve models used for earthquake forecasting in South Asia. By understanding the 3D dynamics of plate movement, geologists hope to enhance preparedness for seismic hazards and ...

New research suggests melting ice sheets are warming global temperatures which may speed up continental drift, creating ...

Scientists have discovered an unusually thick mantle transition zone beneath the Lesser Antilles. This discovery sheds new light on how oceanic plates sink into the Earth's mantle. Variations ...

Seismic waves from earthquakes have always offered a window into Earth’s hidden interior. For decades, researchers believed ...

Plate tectonics is geology’s Theory of Everything. The realisation in the 1960s that Earth’s crust is made of fragments ...

Learn how a computer simulation demonstrates that tectonic activity may be less slow and steady than previously thought.

Scientists believe that the motion of Earth's continents through plate tectonics has been largely steady over millions of years. New research, however, suggests this drift can speed up or slow down ...

Two continents collided millions of years ago, forming a bridge that changed Earth's climate system and triggered one of ...

Indian tectonic plate is splitting beneath the Himalayas, revealing a dramatic twist in Earth's tectonic history, scientists ...

Scientists previously assumed the Indian plate slid smoothly beneath Asia. The process was assumed to lift the mountains ...

A recent study challenges the long-held belief of the Indian plate smoothly sliding under the Eurasian plate. Seismic data reveals the Indian plate is ...