New findings provide a greater understanding of plate subduction, or how tectonic plates slide beneath one another. This recycling of surface materials and volatile elements deep into the Earth's ...

Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.

In an article published in Science Advances, a collaborative team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) ...

Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock—and that the ...

Researchers have discovered cratonic thinning occurring beneath North America, driven by the remnants of the Farallon Plate. Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American ...

Climate scientist Sarah Cooley has been fired, rehired and fired again. Cooley joined the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

The earthquake risk at Scott Dam may be a key factor in PG&E’s decision to abandon the Potter Valley Project.

Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in ...

The Earth's crust is broken up into several pieces called tectonic plates, which fit together ... researchers are able to project that other smaller earthquakes nearby, called aftershocks, are ...

A Forest Hills Robotics team will represent NYC at the FIRST LEGO League World Festival in Houston after winning the city ...