Plate tectonics is geology’s Theory of Everything. The realisation in the 1960s that Earth’s crust is made of fragments ...

Indian tectonic plate is splitting beneath the Himalayas, revealing a dramatic twist in Earth's tectonic history, scientists ...

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Scientists previously assumed the Indian plate slid smoothly beneath Asia. The process was assumed to lift the mountains ...

As you read this, the North American continent’s underside is dribbling away into Earth’s molten mantle. And according to ...

The honour puts Arran alongside Napo Sumaco in Ecuador, where the Andean mountains meet the Amazon plains, a place known for ...

A rare geological process is tearing the Indian Plate apart deep beneath the surface, scientists have discovered. In a study ...

Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be ...

UNESCO designated 16 new geoparks, bringing the total number of sites in the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network to 229 in 50 countries. The network ...