As Neotethys closed up, the oceanic crust went under the Eurasian continent. The continental portion of the Arabian plate, ...

A research team is investigating the influence of the Zagros Mountains on the bending of Earth's surface. A team of ...

A stunning new study is challenging the conventional wisdom about Earth’s continents. For years, we’ve been taught that Earth ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

Researchers at the University of Göttingen discovered that the Neotethys oceanic plate beneath the Arabian and Eurasian ...

The moon's Schrödinger impact basin near the south pole holds two grand canyons formed by an enormous asteroid collision 3.8 ...

For millions of years, as the Arabian and Eurasian continental plates have drifted toward each other, the underground ancient ...

Deep Beneath Iraq, a Sinking Ocean Plate is Reshaping the Surface ...

At the center of this conversation is the concept that these tectonic plates could still be pulling apart in unexpected ways. Some experts say this updated view could affect how we classify continents ...

As two of Earth's great tectonic plates slowly crash together, the Mediterranean Sea is likely to be wiped off the face of ...

To find out, the team used whole-Earth oscillation data from 104 past earthquakes to create a detailed 3D model of the upper ...

Africa is dividing in two, and a new landmass and ocean may form sooner than expected. The change could alter the climate and ...