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

Desert Rub’ Al-Khali Is the Largest “Sand Sea” in the World, but It Was a 138-Foot-Deep Thriving Lake 8,000 Years Ago Earth ...

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 ...

Volcanoes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and volcanoes and featuring case studies from ...

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 ...