Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

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

A University of Derby study led by Dr. Phethean proposes Earth has six continents, not seven. Using advanced geological ...

Plate tectonics give rise to Earth's mountain ranges, earthquakes and the long-term movement of continents, and may even have provided the right conditions for life on Earth. But as far as we know ...

With the formation of this ocean, Africa's map will be redrawn, and its ecosystem will undergo demographic changes.

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

An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the ...

A note across the clip reads: "POV [point of view]: Walking through the only places on Earth where you can step between two tectonic plates." The area featured in the video is the Almannagjá ...

Scientists discover evidence of a submerged continent beneath Iceland, challenging Earth’s continental map. This tectonic ...

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

Waves that ripple from Earth's centre can be used to sense what it's made of, and where those materials might be found.