Recent discoveries offer deeper insight into the movement of tectonic plates. New research has found that variations in rock ...

Earthquakes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and earthquakes and featuring case studies ...

Scientists have predicted a mass extinction on Earth in 250 million years, wiping out all mammals due to extreme heat and ...

Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.

Earth is the only known planet which has plate tectonics today. The constant movement of these giant slabs of rock over the planet's magma creates continents - and may have even helped create life.

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

Scientists have long thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see ...

Earth's surface is a turbulent place. Mountains rise, continents merge and split, and earthquakes shake the ground. All of these processes result from plate tectonics, the movement of enormous ...

Continental clues: Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet’s history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics. Researchers have made a new ...

Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in ...