and he has made multiple animated maps based from his research. For more animations from Scotese about tectonic plate motions — past and present — and Earth history, check out his YouTube page.

Learn about a new study that uses the data from Magellan to reveal insights into Venus' ongoing tectonic activity and how it ...

The movement of these tectonic plates leads to earthquakes and volcanoes ... at about the same speed as your fingernails grow, so the map of the world will continue to change, but just very ...

Vast, quasi-circular features on Venus's surface may reveal that the planet has ongoing tectonics, according to new research ...

Four types of plate tectonic activity are demonstrated in this feature. Keep an eye on the map to see where in the ... then release the tension with a spurt of movement. This movement is felt ...

A slow-moving geological change in East Africa could reshape the continent and the world. Tectonic forces are gradually ...

A quiet and slow-moving change is unfolding beneath the surface of East Africa– one that could, over millions of years, reshape not only the continent but the global map as we know it. Scientists ...

Earth’s crust is divided into huge, rigid tectonic plates that move across ... Since the breakup of Pangea during the late Paleozoic era, plate movements have mainly followed two distinct ...

The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent, where plates move into one another; divergent, where plates move apart; and transform, where plates move sideways ...