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) ...

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

The NISAR satellite uses dual-frequency radar for unprecedented Earth observation, aiding climate change research & disaster ...

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 ...

Current and former employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say fewer people working with fewer ...

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

California was hit by another earthquake Wednesday afternoon, bringing the total to three in the last 24 hours. The tremors all hit along the San Andreas fault, poised for the 'Big One.' ...

When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a landscape with incredible geology. She hears a lot of the same suggestions: ...