Millions of years ago, the land you’re currently sitting on was located at a completely different latitude. Your backyard ...
The ground feels permanent, but it isn’t. A new tool lets you trace where your home sat on Earth hundreds of millions of ...
Our planet’s continents aren’t done moving—they’re slowly drifting toward each other again, inch by continental inch.
Scientists have discovered a long hidden plate boundary near the east coast of Africa that dates back about 180 million years ...
An international team led by researchers from the National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN-CSIC) has identified a key ...
Ancient tectonic plates continue to reshape the Earth's interior and reveal a deep connection to its global dynamics ...
For the first time, scientists have seen a subduction zone actively breaking apart beneath the Pacific Northwest. Seismic data show the oceanic plate tearing into fragments, forming microplates in a ...
Not all earthquake faults behave the same. Some stick and snap, causing earthquakes. Others move slowly over time.