Watch the Earth's tectonic plates grow, shrink, and jostle for position in this new model of the last billion years on the ...

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

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

Seismic waves from earthquakes have always offered a window into Earth’s hidden interior. For decades, researchers believed ...

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

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 ...

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

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

As asteroid mining becomes a reality, scientists are questioning whether extracting space minerals could alter Earth’s ...

A recent study challenges the long-held belief of the Indian plate smoothly sliding under the Eurasian plate. Seismic data reveals the Indian plate is ...

“With a clearer three-dimensional image of how tectonic plates interact, scientists can better comprehend the Earth's surface evolution and potentially forecast seismic events with greater ...

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 ...