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

What roils beneath Earth's surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean ...

As the Earth's crust shifted and groaned over millions of years, something extraordinary happened beneath the surface. Deep ...

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

When the first ball was bowled in 2008, few anticipated the Indian Premier League would evolve into a $17.2 billion behemoth ...

The closure of the ancient Tethys Seaway has left an indelible mark on Earth’s history. As tectonic forces slowly reshaped ...

The activity beneath the Earth’s surface is often undetectable to us, but it has the power to shape land masses […] ...

What happens beneath the Earth’s surface may seem distant, but its effects shape continents, influence ocean circulation, ...

Variations in rock composition within oceanic plates influence their trajectory and subduction speed. These differences, inherited from ancient tectonic processes, play a key role in the dynamics of ...

The discovery highlights the significant role of lithospheric structures in influencing tectonic plate movement and suggests microcontinents are more common than previously believed. A major ...

Geoscientists modeled a chain of events that demonstrate how sea level rise impacts plate tectonics, they report in the journal Nature. “As ice volume was greatly reduced, it caused a huge motion in ...