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

Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research ...

A recent study challenges previous geological assumptions, revealing that Earth's initial protocrust closely resembled the ...

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

New research reveals a surprising link between the ancient tectonic history of oceanic plates and their fate as they subduct ...

New findings provide a greater understanding of plate subduction, or how tectonic plates slide beneath one another. This recycling of surface materials and volatile elements deep into the Earth's ...

Researchers have discovered cratonic thinning occurring beneath North America, driven by the remnants of the Farallon Plate. Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American ...

On a quiet Friday, a big earthquake hit Myanmar, killing more than 1,600 people and causing a lot of damage. Buildings fell, ...