Researchers in China and Australia have created an animation that details Earth's tectonic movements over the past 1.8 billion years. In just over a minute, the video offers a mesmerizing look at ...

To learn why, where, and how earthquakes happen, you need to familiarize your students with the interior of the Earth and a model called plate tectonics ... until slight movement of the shell ...

Scotese studies how plate tectonics and a warming climate will change Earth's appearance in the future, and he has made multiple animated maps based from his research. For more animations from ...

The Earth's plates jostle about in fits ... Most geologic activity stems from the interplay where the plates meet or divide. The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries ...

A short animation for KS2 pupils on the movement of Earth's tectonic plates - the cause of earthquakes and volcanoes - and what can be done to lessen their impact. It explores the causes of ...

Plate tectonics is the theory that Earth's outer layer is made up of plates ... Whatever drives the movement, plate tectonic activity takes place at four types of boundaries: divergent boundaries ...