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

A section of the upper mantle and crust under the Sierra Nevada mountains is peeling away, in a process that may mimic how ...

Like a moth in a cocoon, the metamorphosis of Earth's crust from molten goop to solid land is hidden from view, leaving ...

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

Beneath the picturesque peaks of California’s Sierra Nevada lies a phenomenon that could change our understanding of the planet’s geology. Recent research has uncovered evidence suggesting that ...

Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era.

As the process continued, the descending oceanic plate functions like an anchor, dragging down the Earth's crust and forming a vast depression that has accumulated millions of years' worth of ...

This discovery was made possible through a groundbreaking technique that maps seismic waves traveling through the Earth's ...

Emerging consensus on the structure and dynamics of Greenland’s lithosphere may help improve forecasts of climate and sea level change and develop solutions for sustainable resource use.

The findings could impact how we understand the composition of the land we walk on, together with our understanding of volcanic activity and earthquake risk ...