A recently published study has revealed a little-known tectonic process unfolding beneath Turkey’s Central Anatolian Plateau, ...

I just returned home from an adventure in Ecuador, the highlight was two weeks on a boat exploring the Galápagos Islands. As ...

far away from the usual seismic action seen at plate boundaries where earthquakes and volcanoes are common. But this new research shows that the plate isn’t as solid as once thought. It’s ...

And when did those plates start moving? It's an important question because plate tectonics seems to fuel the evolution and complexity of life. Surprisingly, geologists don't have a good answer for ...

This process, called plate tectonics, is responsible for earthquakes, volcanoes, ocean ridges and vast mountain ranges on Earth's surface. We know that other rocky bodies, such as Venus ...

Mysterious blobs inside Earth triggered plate tectonics, study suggests. Modelling suggests the giant impact that formed the moon also left behind material deep inside Earth that may have helped ...

Some geologists think it took a while for plate tectonics to emerge, no earlier than 2.8 billion years ago. Others argue it began much earlier (SN: 4/22/20).It’s hard to know for sure because ...

He was less impressed by the short boundaries at some Indian venues though, which, he feared, might reduce bowlers to cannon-fodder over the next six weeks. "The boundaries are small. There is no ...

W. Jason Morgan, scientist at forefront of plate tectonics theory, dies at 87. He received the National Medal of Science for his foundational work on plate tectonics and the presence of volcanic ...

By Clay Risen W. Jason Morgan, who in 1967 developed the theory of plate tectonics — a framework that revolutionized the study of earthquakes, volcanoes and the slow, steady shift of the ...