Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology presents ...

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...

A study reveals that the oldest continental crust on Earth is slowly being broken up by shifting tectonic forces.

Geologists have uncovered the remains of a massive tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean, a plate that had been hidden for ...

Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world's most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology presents ...

The question "How many continents are there on Earth?" might seem simple, but when you delve into it, the answer becomes much more complex. While most people around the world are taught that there are ...