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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...