New reports have uncovered shocking details about the formation of the world’s sixth ocean!250 million years ago, the ...

It’s linked to a 2000-mile long, 22-million year old rift called the East Africa Rift System, which is thought to have been caused by movements of the Earth’s tectonic plates. Tectonic plates ...

are a direct result of past volcanic activity and the ongoing movement of tectonic plates. The area’s rich geological history, combined with its proximity to the Eurasian and African plate boundary, ...

Where convection currents push plates together, destructive plate boundaries (margins) are formed. Constructive plate margins close constructive plate marginAn area where two tectonic plates are ...

This flow is what drives the movement of tectonic plates on Earth’s surface ... When an earthquake strikes, it sends waves radiating outward in all directions. These waves bounce, bend, and shift as ...

Geophysicists have discovered unexpected structures deep within the Earth’s mantle, resembling subducted tectonic plates in areas where no subduction ... seismic waves radiate outward from the ...

Africa is broken. It is being dissected by the famous East African Rift which extends over a length of 5000 km along the eastern side of Africa and seems poised to destroy Africa as we know it.

Join Isla and Connor as they explore features of tectonic movement along the Great Glen ... It is made up of large slabs called tectonic plates. The plates fit together like jigsaw puzzle pieces ...

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But do other planets in the solar system have them too?

Contrary to the longstanding belief that the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates parted ways 52 million ... Through an in-depth examination of tectonic movements across Africa, scientists ...

The fact that the cold, dry Mars of today had flowing rivers and lakes several billion years ago has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, Harvard researchers think they have a good explanation for ...

Mexico lies on five tectonic plates that make it one of the world's most earthquake-vulnerable countries, particularly on the Pacific coast. In 1985 an 8.1 magnitude quake centered on the Pacific ...