Scientists discovered plate anomalies in Earth's mantle using seismic wave analysis. These mysterious structures challenge tectonic theories.

About 56 million years ago, Europe and North America began pulling apart to form what became the ever-expanding North Atlantic Ocean. Vast amounts of molten rock from Earth's mantle reached the ocean ...

A new global map reveals rare earthquakes deep in Earth’s mantle, offering an unexpected window into the hidden dynamics that shape our planet from below. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Scientists have ...

Around the Balkan Peninsula, the African plate is sinking beneath the European plate. A piece of deeply submerged African crust resurfaced 40 million years ago far away from the sinking zone. How this ...

A fresh earthquake of magnitude 3.3 struck Bangladesh on Monday morning, following a 3.0-magnitude tremor earlier this month, highlighting frequent activity ...

It turns out that continental breakups are just as messy as human ones, with the events leaving fragments scattered far from home ...

Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden below the vast ice sheet blanketing Antarctica, uncovering an exuberant landscape of mountains, canyons, valleys and plains ...

Hello parents, teachers and students! If you’re looking for a fun way to explore how landscapes and our world have changed over millions of years, check out this fun, edible exercise using graham ...

ARC Early Career Industry Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne Ben Mather receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Adriana Dutkiewicz ...

An earthquake-generating chunk of tectonic plate has been discovered beneath Northern California. It’s attached to the bottom of the North American plate like gum stuck to a shoe. Using abundant, tiny ...

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This piece is part of a special project on deep time examining what the Western U.S. was like thousands, millions and even billions of years ago, and how that history is still visible and ...