Plate tectonics also exposes rocks that react ... Earth's history is a leap forward in the scientific grand challenge to map ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

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 ...

Plate tectonic theory shows that the crust of the ... moving at about the same speed as your fingernails grow, so the map of the world will continue to change, but just very, very, very slowly.

Scotese studies how plate tectonics and a warming climate will change Earth's appearance in the future, and he has made multiple animated maps based from his research. For more animations from ...

A geological phenomenon is occurring in the heart of East Africa that could forever alter the Earth’s map. A new ocean is in the process of forming, a consequence of tectonic movements that are ...

This region is prone to major earthquakes because of movement from the Eurasian and Arabian tectonic plates ... providing one of the most detailed maps of the bottom of the world's oceans ever ...

The tectonic activity along the Ring of Fire also results in about 90% of the world’s earthquakes, including the Valdivia Earthquake of Chile in 1960, the strongest recorded earthquake at 9.5 ...

The world's highest mountain range - the Himalayas - is a testament to the power of plate tectonics. Forced upwards by the gradual northward push of the Indian plate into the Eurasian plate.