Recent discoveries offer deeper insight into the movement of tectonic plates. New research has found that variations in rock ...

Researchers believe rainfall and flooding changed the landscape of the arid desert to a green area some 8,000 years ago.

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.

New research reveals a surprising link between the ancient tectonic history of oceanic plates and their fate as they subduct ...

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

Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics ...

The whole world used to be joined in one supercontinent called Pangaea. The Earth's hard outer layer (where we live) is called the crust. It is made up of large slabs called tectonic plates.

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.

Indonesia's position on the Pacific Ring of Fire, where tectonic plates converge, makes it the most earthquake-prone country in the world, subjected to frequent seismic activity. According to the ...