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

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

Imagine a world where the Americas were not connected—a time when wild Pacific waters crashed against scattered islands, and ...

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 ...

Around 10,000 years ago, as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America ... Dean of the Institute ... Plate tectonics (from the Greek τέκτων; tektōn ...

Lake sediment cores in Guatemala reveal directional ground shaking from the 1976 earthquake, offering rare insight into ...

At the end of the last Ice Age, around 10,000 years ago, the melting of massive glaciers may have done more than just raise ...

Federal cuts to the U.S. Geological Survey have prompted fears of losing vital information on earthquake activity and ...

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...

Around 10,000 years ago as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading in ...

With their election to the prestigious honor society, eight members of the Brown University faculty join the nation’s leading ...