What roils beneath Earth's surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean circulation, climate patterns, and even animal activity and evolution. In fact, ...

Volcanoes have stirred human awe for thousands of years, with their bursts of fire and rivers of molten rock. Yet, beyond the ...

In a study co-authored by a Texas A&M University scientist, researchers have revealed new insights into the geological ...

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A long-lost slab of Earth’s crust may be pulling away the bottom of the oldest part of North America, scientists say ...

Scientific American talked with Gabbott and Zalasiewicz, authors of the book Discarded: How Technofossils Will Be Our ...

Head of the Geological Agency Muhammad Wafid on April 10 said that the agency also recorded 62 low-frequency earthquakes, 34 ...

Chengdu University of Technology-led research has established a high-resolution astrochronological framework spanning ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

Our scientists study the Earth, and other planets, on scales from the molecular to the planetary scale; from the microsecond to the geological time scale; and from its birth about 4500 million years ...

Lithospheric dripping occurs when the underside of Earth's rocky crust is heated to a certain temperature. As the rock melts, a drop starts to form, eventually becoming weighty enough to break off and ...